Pandemic and flagging support to make Tokyo Olympics opener a show like no other | Justin McCurry

A ceremony devoid of fans and low on athletes will set the tone for a Games mired in coronavirus uncertaintyWhen a national leader as conservative as Shinzo Abe was persuaded to emerge from a giant pipe in Rio dressed as the world’s most famous plumber, it felt like Tokyo had already hatched plans to put on an Olympic show like no other when its chance came four years later.The coronavirus not only forced the summer Olympics’ fallow season to be extended by 12 months; it has guarante