“But having said that, IOC is our parent body, (so) we will have to abide by what the IOC decides. If the IOC says the Olympics will go on, we will have to participate irrespective of any threat.”

With the coronavirus outbreak, taking pandemic proportions, doubts are increasingly being laid whether the Tokyo Olympics will be held as per schedule from July 24 to August 9. Governor Yuriko Koike had a meeting at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo on March 12 after which she told reporters that cancelling the 2020 Olympics is “unthinkable”. The fact […]