Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is slowly shifting towards postponing the $30 billion games scheduled for this summer, but has ruled out total cancellation, he said on Monday.
acknowledged that the Tokyo Olympics cannot go ahead under current circumstances, as Canada became the first country to boycott the 2020 Tokyo Olympics because of coronavirus.
Abe said on Monday that the games, scheduled to start on July 24, cannot go ahead under current circumstances, Japan’sIt comes after Abe on Monday told Japan’s parliament that postponement may be an option if the event could not be held with all athletes competing, but insisted that cancellation was not an option. This is a turnaround on his earlier reassurances that the Olympics would go ahead “without a problem”.
Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic Committee is refusing to send its team to Tokyo unless the event is postponed until 2021, and other countries are expected to follow.on Monday: “While we recognize the inherent complexities around a postponement, nothing is more important than the health and safety of our athletes and the world community. This is not solely about athlete health – it is about public health.
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