Japan PM Suga 'determined' to hold Olympics despite pandemicJapan's new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, seen here at his first press conference on September 16, 2020, has vowed to go ahead with the Olympic Games despite uncertainties over the coronavirus pandemic. UNITED NATIONS: Japan is "determined" to host the postponed Olympic Games in 2021 despite the coronavirus pandemic, the country's newly elected prime minister told the United Nations General Assembly on Friday. "In the summer of next year, Japan is determined to host the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games as proof that humanity has defeated the pandemic," Yoshihide Suga said in his first international address since taking office last week. But medical experts have warned that the massive international event could be difficult to hold if the pandemic is not under control by next summer. Organizers and officials are discussing a long and complex list of possible coronavirus countermeasures that they hope will make it possible to hold the Games, even if a vaccine is not available.

Source: Bangkok Post September 25, 2020 21:56 UTC