Tokyo’s contract to host the Olympics might allow for the Games to be delayed until later this year
TOKYO—, but organizers are focused on ensuring that they go ahead as planned despite the coronavirus epidemic, a Japanese minister said.
“The contract details what happens if the Games are not held in 2020. Depending on how you interpret that, it could allow for a delay to some time within this year,” said the minister in charge of the Olympics, Seiko Hashimoto, in Parliament on Tuesday when asked by a lawmaker whether they...
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