An Olympic Rings monument outside the Japan Olympic Committee (JOC) headquarters in Tokyo. (Photo: Reuters) |
For the Tokyo Olympics, already postponed a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, questions still remain over how Tokyo can hold the global event and keep volunteers, athletes, officials and the Japanese public safe from COVID-19.
Japanese chief cabinet secretary Katsunobu Kato said the government would continue to work on coronavirus measures for the "safe and secure" Games. He reiterated that organisers would make a decision this month on domestic spectators.
In a Yomiuri survey conducted June 4-6, 50% of respondents said the Games would happen this summer; 26% said they would occur without spectators. That is higher than 48% of those polled saying the event would be cancelled.
Most of the respondents said that despite fatigue from virus-related restrictions, virus measures for Olympics athletes and participants are not enough.