Concerns and controversies at the 2020 Summer Olympics

A number of concerns and controversies have arisen in relation to the 2020 Summer Olympics, which are due to be hosted in Tokyo, Japan. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Games were postponed until Summer 2021. The IOC states that their Japanese partners and the prime minister Abe Shinzo "made it very clear" in 2020, "that Japan could not manage a postponement beyond next summer [2021] at the latest". Honorary patron of Tokyo 2020 games Emperor Naruhito, is said to be "extremely worried about the current status of coronavirus infections," and is "concerned that while there are voices of anxiety among the public, the holding (of the events) may lead to the expansion of infections".

Concerns and controversies at the 2020 Summer Olympics

A number of concerns and controversies have arisen in relation to the 2020 Summer Olympics, which are due to be hosted in Tokyo, Japan. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Games were postponed until Summer 2021. The IOC states that their Japanese partners and the prime minister Abe Shinzo "made it very clear" in 2020, "that Japan could not manage a postponement beyond next summer [2021] at the latest". Honorary patron of Tokyo 2020 games Emperor Naruhito, is said to be "extremely worried about the current status of coronavirus infections," and is "concerned that while there are voices of anxiety among the public, the holding (of the events) may lead to the expansion of infections".