Tokyo 2016 Bringing Competition To Illinois

By Marcus Gilmer in Miscellaneous on Jun 2, 2009 9:20PM

As Tokyo and Chicago duke it out for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, one of Japan's best-known comedians is coming to Illinois in an around-the-world trip for a Japanese television show. Kampei Hazama will be broadcasting a segment of his "Earth Marathon" show from an elementary school in Wataga, Illinois. If some sort of exchange program is possible, can we send Mayor Daley to be on one of those insane Japanese game shows? [AP via WBBM]