It's an old Olympics story. Evictions are one of the less observed Olympic sports. In Tokyo it is estimated that up 2,000 households face eviction. In addition, when the Olympics come to town homeless people are among those who are shoved out of the way as in Atlanta where homeless people were simply put on buses and taken out of the city. Meiji Park is the site of Tokyo's Olympic stadium so the homeless people who have been living in the Park for years now face being evicted by the forces of the State. Matters have come to a head as the tweets below demonstrate....

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[Emergency] Guanyin bridge Plaza have been closed! -Now 1 / 27 / (Wednesday) am 9:25 now the JSC staff and security guards in droves, we blockaded the Meiji park entrance (so called "Guanyin bridge square"). People come to gather in protest! ... http://tmblr.co/ZVXF2t20eQQhH
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protest against eviction of homeless in Meiji Park for Tokyo2020

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Boot] policemen lined out and lined up to block the entrance and living in more than 30 years, will begin safe appearance of homeless people. Currently, about 20 people in the police benevolence Royal and became homeless and supporters face state ? support of volunteers, welcome and
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For those of us who are unfamiliar with Japanese politics and Tokyo, Meiji Park is often used as a location for political demonstrations so the sealing off of the stadium area and eviction of those who have been living there is also symbolic of how the Olympics is always accompanied by this kind of social cleansing and control.