Tokyo Olympics Organizing Committee Chairman Yoshiro Mori puts it on the table: "We are fighting an invisible enemy. If the plague spreads even after next winter, it's hard for me to believe that the games will take place. "

• Yoshiro Murray. Placing all options on the table

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Tokyo 2021 Olympics are in doubt? At the end of last month it was decided that the Olympic Games will be postponed a year and will open on July 23, 2021 due to the desire to let the Japanese deal with the corona virus even if God forbid it returns next winter, but now it seems that the deadline for next summer may also be particularly problematic.

In a special interview, Tokyo Olympics Organizing Committee Chairman Yoshiro Mori made it clear that the Olympic Games could be canceled if the Corona epidemic is not stopped across the state. "We are currently facing an invisible enemy. I really can't say that if the Corona continues to expand uncontrollably even after next winter, then next summer's Olympics will not be canceled. "

At the same time, Murray expressed his remarks, adding: "I believe we will be able to hold the Olympics safely in the summer of 2021. Humanity and the whole world are confident of that."

Remember, last week, Kantaro Iwata, a professor of infectious disease at the University of Japan, also joined the pessimistic voices, saying: "In truth, if I were to be honest, I don't think the Olympics could take place in 2021. Japan might be able to control the plague next summer, But I don't think it's going to happen anywhere in the world, so I'm very pessimistic about holding the Olympics next summer. "