Tokyo Olympics: poll shows 60% of Japanese people want Games cancelled

  • Limited public support amid surge in Covid-19 cases in Tokyo
  • Time for discussion about staging Games is now, says Naomi Osaka

Preparations for Tokyo Olympics have suffered another setback after a poll found that nearly 60% of people in Japan want them to be cancelled, less than three months before the Games are due to open.

Japan has extended a state of emergency in Tokyo and several other regions until the end of May as it struggles to contain a surge in Covid-19 cases fuelled by new, more contagious variants, with medical staff warning that health services in some areas are on the verge of collapse.

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