Hundreds chant ‘Go to hell, Olympics’ in protests just before opening ceremony

Hundreds of protesters marched through Tokyo on Friday toward the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games — chanting for organizers to “go to hell” for holding the event despite the pandemic, videos show.

Just an hour before the Games started, a mass of people had gathered in Harajuku, the main shopping district in Tokyo, with police shutting down a major roadway as the marchers set off, the Washington Post said. “Go to hell, Olympics!” the group chanted as it marched toward the National Stadium, where the public was locked out of the opening ceremony because of COVID-19 fears.