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2021 Tokyo Olympics to symbolise pandemic end, despite billion-dollar postponement costs
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says he will “spare no effort” to ensure a safe and secure Tokyo Olympic Games to show the world that humanity has defeated the COVID-19 pandemic.
Key points:
- Delay costs may reach $3.8 billion, organisers say
- Mr Suga said a successful 2021 Games would prove the end of the pandemic
- The Tokyo Olympics have been postponed until July 23rd, 2021
His comments come as organisers revealed postponing the Games until next year would cost the Japanese economy an additional 294 billion yen ($3.8 billion).
“I expressed my strong determination to host the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in the summer of next year as proof that humanity has defeated the pandemic,” Mr Suga said during a video speech at the United…
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