More than 351,000 signatures was submitted to the city s governor to cancel the event.
Holding the Tokyo Olympics this summer would be a suicide mission as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage around the world, the head of Japan s e-commerce giant Rakuten has warned. It s dangerous to host the big international event from all over the world, CEO Hiroshi Mikitani said in an interview with CNN. So, the risk is too big and. I m against having the Tokyo Olympics this year, Mikitani said, describing the Games as a suicide mission .
On Friday, Japan extended a coronavirus state of emergency as the nation is battling a fourth wave of virus infections.