Last month, Tokyo 2020 organizers and the IOC took the unprecedented decision of postponing this summer's Olympic Games until next year.
in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak and mounting criticism of the way it handled its pandemic response.
"I would not say that they should not be held, but it would be exceedingly difficult," Yoshitake Yokokura told reporters, as per AFP. Despite the rapid spread of COVID-19 around the world, the IOC and Tokyo 2020 organizing committee had repeatedly insisted the Games would go ahead as planned this summer.
While the decision to postpone the Games was met with approval by athletes, the delay is expected to have aAccording to official figures, Japan has committed 1.45 trillion yen to organizing the Olympics, with $277 million alone spent on building a new Olympic Stadium in Tokyo.
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