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Tokyo 2020: Anti-Olympics campaign gains traction online in Japan CNN 7 hrs ago Story by Reuters © Hiro Komae/AP A "No Olympics" banner is placed by protesters in Tokyo during a demonstration against the going ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. An online petition calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled has garnered almost 200,000 signatures in the past few days, as public concerns mount over holding the Games in a pandemic. With less than three months to go before the start of the summer Olympics, already postponed for a year due to the coronaviru...

Hiro Komae/AP toggle caption Hiro Komae/AP The last Olympic torch relay runner for the Osaka leg concludes the event in Suita, north of Osaka, western Japan, last month. Hiro Komae/AP Pfizer and its partner, Germany's BioNTech, announced Thursday that they have agreed to donate vaccines to competitors and staff at the Tokyo Games, set to be held this summer despite ongoing concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, the pharmaceutical companies said that they had signed a memorandum of understanding with the International Olympic Committee out...

By Press Association 2021 A woman wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks at a park in Tokyo Japan has declared a third state of emergency for Tokyo and three western prefectures amid scepticism it will be enough to curb a rapid coronavirus resurgence ahead of the Olympics in July. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced the emergency for Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo from April 25 through until May 11. The step is largely intended to be “short and intensive” to stop people from travelling and sprea...

China Daily | Updated: 2021-04-16 09:45 Share CLOSE The last Olympic torch relay runner for the Osaka leg concludes the event in the city of Suita on Wednesday. HIRO KOMAE/AP TOKYO－A senior Japanese politician said on Thursday that canceling the Tokyo Olympics remains a possibility, as a surge in coronavirus cases renews concerns about the Games with less than 100 days to go. Toshiro Nikai, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's No 2 official, said the Olympics must be canceled "without hesitation" if the virus situation is too severe. Organizers...

“What is the point of the Olympics if it’s responsible for spreading infections? We will have to make a decision at that point.” A decision was taken last month to bar entry to overseas spectators and place limits on the number of delegates coming into Japan, but Nikai’s comments are at odds with the largely united front presented by the national government, the Tokyo metropolitan authorities, the local Games organising committee, the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. Nikai later added in a statement, also reported by Kyodo: “What I meant wa...