At the opening of the $330 million Ariake Arena, venue for Olympic volleyball and Paralympic wheelchair basketball, Koike said:“I will implement even more stringent measures to tackle infectious diseases. The flu-like pathogen, which originated in Hubei’s provincial capital Wuhan, has resulted in more than 300 deaths in China. The health scare has led to the cancellation of Olympic qualifying events in China such as boxing and badminton. The ribbon-cutting for Ariake Arena on Tokyo’s waterfront leaves just the Olympics aquatics centre as the last of eight permanent venues under construction, set to be completed later this month. The new national stadium, built at a cost of $1.4 billion, was unveiled last December after the initial blueprints were torn up by Abe following public anger over spiralling costs.The Tokyo Olympics begin on July 24 with the Paralympics starting on August 25.

Source: The Guardian February 02, 2020 09:11 UTC