Slightly more than half of the inhabitants of Tokyo are opposed to the organization of the 2020 Olympic games postponed by a year next year in their city.
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51.7% of those responding to a survey by two Japanese media this weekend said they hoped the Games would either be postponed again or canceled, while 46.3% said they hoped they would be held in 2021. More precisely, 27.7% would like a pure and simple cancellation and 24.0% a second postponement, 31.1% hope for Games of a reduced magnitude and 15.2% for full and whole Olympics. Conducted by telephone by the Japanese news agency Kyodo and the television channel Tokyo MX from June 26 to 28, the survey collected 1,030 responses.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed in late March as the pandemic progressed, causing the world’s largest sporting event to be the worst disruption since World War II. Japanese officials and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have made it clear that the Games will not be postponed a second time, but will be canceled if the virus still prevents it from being held safely, as predicted by public health experts.
The postponed Olympic Games must open on July 23, 2021, keeping the name Tokyo-2020. “We will organize Games in a safe and serene environment for athletes and spectators from abroad as well as for the inhabitants of Tokyo,” said the governor of the immense capital, Yuriko Koike, recently during a interview with AFP. The survey also gives a “significant” lead over its competitors to Ms. Koike, candidate for re-election on July 5.
(AFP)
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