This is the first time Abe has let go that the Tokyo Olympics may be postponed. He also said in Congress three days ago that Tokyo would hold a “complete” Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, March 23 (Reporter Prince Jiang) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in a speech to the Parliament on the morning of the 23rd that delaying the Tokyo Olympic Games is one of the options, but the Tokyo Olympic Games will definitely not be canceled.
This is the first time Abe has let go that the Tokyo Olympics may be postponed. He also said in Congress three days ago that Tokyo would hold a “complete” Olympic and Paralympic Games.
He said in his speech that day that if it becomes very difficult to hold a complete Olympic Games, “we must first consider the safety of athletes, so we do not rule out the decision to postpone the Olympic Games.”
Abe also said: “It is impossible to cancel (Olympic Games).”
Due to the deterioration of the new coronavirus epidemic in different countries, more and more voices in the international sports world require the International Olympic Committee to postpone the Tokyo Olympics. On the 22nd, IOC President Bach published an open letter to athletes around the world, announcing that delaying the Tokyo Olympics was one of the “options”, but he also ruled out the possibility of canceling the Tokyo Olympics.
Bach also said that since the epidemic situation in Japan had been significantly improved, he could not give a specific date for the decision on the Tokyo Olympic Games.
“We believe that this discussion will be concluded in the next four weeks.” He said, “(canceling the Tokyo Olympics) cannot solve any problems or help anyone. So this is not on our agenda.”