Nearly 60% of people in Japan want the Tokyo Olympics to be cancelled, an opinion poll showed on Monday, less than three months before the Games are due to begin.
Japan has extended a state of emergency in Tokyo until the end of May and is struggling to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases, raising further questions about whether the Games should go on.The 2020 Olympics, which were postponed by a year due to the pandemic, are set to open on July 23.
Of those who said the Olympics should go ahead, 23% said they should take place without spectators. Foreign spectators have been banned but a final decision on domestic attendance will be made in June. A similar poll in April conducted by Kyodo news agency found 70% wanted the Olympics cancelled or postponed.
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