Former Japanese defence minister says officials must ‘start thinking now about what to do’ if Covid-19 leads to delay or cancellation
A senior member of Japan’s governing party has said Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers must plan for the possibility that this summer’s Games will be postponed or cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, as the city’s governor insisted they would go ahead as scheduled.
Shigeru Ishiba, a former defence minister who has been tipped as the country’s next leader, said any decision on the Games’ fate should be left to the International Olympic Committee [IOC], a day after an organising committee official suggested the Olympics could be postponed.
Related: Coronavirus live updates: Trump suspends all travel from Europe to US for 30 days, excluding UK
Related: Coronavirus: global recession fears intensify as Trump's Europe ban fails to reassure
Continue reading...