Japan privately concludes Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled due to coronavirus

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Japan and IOC deny that Olympics will be cancelled

Japan and the IOC stood firm on Friday on their commitment to host the Tokyo Olympics this year and denied a report of a possible cancellation, although the pledge looks unlikely to ease public concern about holding the event during a pandemic.

www.reuters.com

Such a shame, there was some hope the games would be saved by mandated vaccinations for athletes and their parties along with Japanese ubiquitous cultural adherence to masks but looks like it won't happen. Japan hasn't been hit hard by COVID, however a recent poll has shown >80% don't want the games to happen. With this in mind the Japanese government is privately trying to find a way to cancel these games and hold them some time down the road.

I was most looking forward to supporting women's pole vault and beach volleyball.

 

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I was waiting. It was a coincidence because it happened on the same year as Akira in the Tokyo Olympics.

30-Year-Old Anime Prediction Sparks Talk of Olympic Cancellation

A scene from an iconic 1988 Japanese animated movie that famously predicted Tokyo would win the right to hold the 2020 Olympics has the country abuzz on Friday over a possible cancellation of the games.

www.bloomberg.com