The COVID-19 crisis makes it impossible to host any kind of international gathering in the coming months, not least the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. By postponing the Games, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has positioned his country – and himself – at the center of the post-pandemic recovery.
DUBLIN – With the global COVID-19 crisis quickly escalating, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has had to accept a hard truth, rightly taking the initiative in telling the Diet (parliament) this week that the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games may need to be rescheduled, and ultimately reaching an agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the event until 2021. (The IOC had given itself four weeks to decide what to do.)
DUBLIN – With the global COVID-19 crisis quickly escalating, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has had to accept a hard truth, rightly taking the initiative in telling the Diet (parliament) this week that the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games may need to be rescheduled, and ultimately reaching an agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the event until 2021. (The IOC had given itself four weeks to decide what to do.)