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2021 Tokyo Olympics to symbolise pandemic end, despite billion-dollar postponement costs – ABC News
Next year’s Tokyo Olympics will prove humanity has defeated the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan’s PM says, while the delay is revealed to be costing an additional $3.8…
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 are postponed until July 23
His comments come as organisers revealed postponing the Games until next year would cost the Japanese economy an additional 294 billion…
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