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It's about politics, too. this is the prime minister yoshihide suga who faces an election later this year — and, despite current sentiment, he might be hoping for an olympic boost. as professorjack anderson at the university of melbourne puts it... because this is about national pride. and if these games are in tokyo, well, look where the winter olympics will be in 2022 — beijing. regional rivalries means that japan really doesn't want to cancel, and then watch the chinese set piece play out months later. so that's money and politics — two reasons to go ahead. and let's not forget the pe...

Certain circumstances — but not the other parties. because of this, if japan did cancel, it may be liable for lost revenue also but this is not as simple as the ioc forcing tokyo to continue. the japanese government has its own reasons for wanting to carry on. it's already spent billions preparing for these games, its already going to lose millions because overseas spectators can't come. what it really want a further blow to its finances of cancelling? and it's notjust about the money — it's about politics too. this is the prime minister who faces an election later this year and, despite c...