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Niël van Vuuren
Niël van Vuuren is a South African, cartoon, comic strip and contemporary artist.
Born in Namibia in 1968 into a family of artists, Niël is self-taught. From an early age…>
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The International Olympic Committee has announced that Tokyo has been awarded the hosting rights to the 2020 games, which will come as some relief to a country that has been preoccupied with the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Japan last hosted the games in 1964. Meanwhile, the country has lodged a complaint against French satirical paper Le Canard Enchaine for publishing a cartoon (below) linking the games and the disaster.
The cartoon as it appeared in Le Canard Enchaine, shows extra-limbed sumo wrestlers in front of the Fukushima nuclear plant.
The TV commentator says: "Thanks to Fukushima, the Sumo wrestling event has become a new Olympic discipline".
