olympics on record including 900 million dollars in covid countermeasures but poll after poll shows the majority in japan do not. these games held. >> translator: everyone thinks we should hold the olympics but the government isn't in a position to say that. >> reporter: ultimately it's not up to japan. contracts are written to favor the ioc so a medical system headed for collapse and cost overruns are all burdens the tokyo has to bear. the ioc has the legal ability to cancel the olympics but they plan to go ahead. to last year's port explosion, lebanon has faced crisis after crisis and now a life/death problem for that could affect people for years to explain.