The president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee, Seiko Hashimoto, has said the Games will go ahead as planned, soon after the Japan’s most senior medical adviser said holding the event under current coronavirus conditions was “not normal”. “We cannot postpone again,” Hashimoto said an interview published on Thursday in the Nikkan Sports newspaper. Most Japanese people do not want Tokyo 2020 to be held this summer, according to recent opinion polls. “It is only when there is a clear reason to host the Games that the public will get on board . Public disquiet continues, despite predictions by Olympic officials that sentiment would soften as the opening ceremony approaches.

Source: The Irish Times June 03, 2021 08:03 UTC