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Sports 5 years ago
Asahi daily, an official Tokyo Olympics partner, calls for cancellation of Games
Poll after poll has shown the majority of the public is opposed to holding the Games this summer, concerned about tens of thousands of athletes and officials descending on a country that has mostly remained closed to foreigners since last year and where vaccinations have proceeded slowly.
Sports 5 years ago
Tokyo Games cancellation likely to cost Japan $17 billion
The Nomura Research Institute warns of even a bigger economic loss if a fresh state of emergency is declared to cope with another spike in coronavirus cases after the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have been held as scheduled.
Sports 5 years ago
Majority of Japanese say Tokyo Olympics should be canceled: polls
The two-day nationwide telephone survey conducted from Saturday also found that 25.2 percent said the games must be held without spectators, while 12.6 percent favor holding the global sporting event with a limited number of spectators.
Sports 5 years ago
Megan Rapinoe says Olympics cancellation would devastate her, U.S. team
Organisers were forced to reiterate their commitment to holding the Olympics in July and August after a report on Friday said Japan's government had privately concluded the Games would have to be cancelled because of the pandemic.
Sports 5 years ago
Japan denies Tokyo Olympics to be canceled, rescheduled to 2032
British daily The Times quoted a senior member of the ruling coalition as saying there is agreement the games, already postponed a year from the summer of 2020, are doomed, and the aim now is to find a face-saving way of announcing the cancellation that leaves open the possibility of Tokyo playing host at a later date.
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