Will Pfizer Shots Be the Ticket to the Tokyo Olympics? TheStreet talks to top Japanese disease experts about whether the games can really go on safely -- and how COVID vaccines might change the course of the pandemic on the archipelago. Author: Original: Feb 21, 2021 When Japan made the unprecedented move last year of postponing the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, "everyone was disappointed," says Tokyo resident Josh Grisdale, who runs a website called Accessible Japan to promote tourism for people with disabilities. Japan, after all, had been preparing for the games -- which will cost the nation tens of billions of dollars -- since they were first selected as host in 2013.