Japan’s prime minister said he was “determined” to hold the Tokyo Olympics as organisers on Friday brushed off a report claiming officials ...
Japan’s prime minister said he was “determined” to hold the Tokyo Olympics as organisers on Friday brushed off a report claiming officials think cancellation is inevitable, reported AFP.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s latest insistence that the postponed Games are on track comes after The Times cited an unnamed government source saying Japan has already shifted its focus to hosting in 2032. “According to a senior member of the ruling coalition, there is agreement that the Games, already postponed a year, are doomed,” the report said.
But Suga insisted that wouldn’t be the case.
“I am determined to realise a safe and secure Tokyo Games as proof that mankind will have overcome the virus,” Suga said Friday according to AFP, without actively denying the Times report.
Tokyo 2020 organisers, when asked about the report, said they were focused on delivering a “safe and secure” Games.
“Prime Minister Suga has expressed his determination to hold the Games, the government is leading a series of coordination meetings for Covid-19 countermeasures and is implementing thorough infection countermeasures in order to be able to hold the Games,” they said in a statement.
“All our delivery partners... are fully focused on hosting the Games this summer. We hope that daily life...
