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Tokyo Olympics media sponsor calls on Japan’s PM to cancel the Games – Sydney Morning Herald
One of Japan’s biggest newspapers – and a key Olympics partner – wants the Games called off, contributing to what one commentator called “a cascade of calamities”….
Tokyo: Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, an official partner of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, called for the Games to be cancelled in an editorial on Wednesday, citing risks to public safety and strains on the medical system from the COVID-19 pandemic.
We ask Prime Minister (Yoshihide) Suga to calmly and objectively assess the situation and decide on the cancellation of the event this summer, the newspaper said in an editorial.
Much of Japan, including host city, Tokyo, remains under a third state of…
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