Monday, August 22, 2016

Olympics: Goodbye beach and samba. It’s time for technology – Jornal de Negócios – Portugal

The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was one of the stars of the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio 2016. In the Marvelous City to receive from the hands of Brazil the Olympic flag that will take the game to Japan in 2020, the head of Japanese government came dressed in one of the most iconic images of Japan in the world:. Super Mario

the images leading up to Abe to enter the Maracana stadium show the prime minister in a car in Tokyo, allegedly late for the ceremony, and the next moment a representation of the fastest way to get the Japanese capital to Rio: through a tube to cross the planet from one end to the other. In the stadium, Shinzo Abe later emerged out of a green pipe, dressed as the famous plumber and the characteristic hat.



Nintendo is a century old Japanese company began its activity producing cards to a typically Japanese deck. Several decades later, and various mishaps along the way, the company is dedicated to electronic games. And in the mid-1980s launched the game Super Mario, who became one of the most internationally known figures of the brand.

In stock Tokyo, shares in Nintendo closed the session on Monday gaining 3.11% to 22,890 yen.

from Rio de Janeiro to Tokyo

Two weeks after the start of the Olympic Games, the Rio de Janeiro bid farewell to the athletes and the public. In four years, the Japanese capital will host the competitions, being already preparing for the event (it was announced in 2013 that Tokyo would host the Games in 2020).

If the Olympic Games in Brazil began with some controversy – there demonstrations before the opening of the games and various news that pointed to the fact that the infrastructure is not ready or are unsuitable for the competition – during the last two weeks it seems that most events held on wheels, says the Wall Street Journal.

“Brazil ended the Games decidedly a positive note,” stresses. More important than the medals achieved, continues, “the Olympic Games in Rio, as their limits, have been a success.” “More things worked out than those who did not work. Most visitors arrived where they had to be,” adds the publication.

Still, the American newspaper points to the making of this event. Official figures indicate a total cost of 12 billion dollars but some experts suggest that it may exceed 20 billion dollars.

The Brazilian economy in recent years, has gone through difficulties after the growth experienced in the first decade of this century. According to Reuters, the country even through the worst recession since the 1930s Moreover, this Olympic competition comes just two years after Brazil was the host country of the World Cup.

the Spanish newspaper El Pais also claims that the Rio Games were successful. “Under a steady rain curtain, the flame that brought the Olympics to Rio de Janeiro went off at 22:30 of Rio. The Games of the Marvelous City, questioned until the last moment by Zika virus, terrorism or transport were a success, concluded with a modest ceremony and with much less freshness than the opening, but ended with a Maracana stadium converted into Sambadrome “. So begins the article from the Spanish newspaper about the closing of the Olympics.

At the closing ceremony, the President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach, argued, quoted by Reuters, that “these Olympic Games left a unique legacy for future generations.” “History will speak of Rio de Janeiro before [the Games], and best of Rio de Janeiro after the Olympics.”

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