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80% say Tokyo Olympics should be called off or won't happenTokyo is battling a surge of COVID-19 cases that prompted the national government last week to call a state of emergency. In declaring the ...11 Jan, 2021, 08.37 PM IST- Tokyo Olympics 'safe and secure' despite virus emergency: OrganisersPrime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday announced the month-long measure covering the greater Tokyo area, taking effect from Friday, as t...08 Jan, 2021, 11.26 AM IST
- Tokyo Olympics Q&A: Costs, IOC, COVID-19, and vaccinationsThe official costs published last year at this time were $12.6 billion. However, Japan's National Audit Board last year said the costs are ...19 Dec, 2020, 11.14 AM IST
- Tokyo Games relay opens in 100 days with 10,000 torchbearersOrganizers said Tuesday the relay is to begin on March 25 from the northeastern prefecture of Fukushima. This was also to have been the sta...15 Dec, 2020, 04.44 PM IST
- Delay in Tokyo Olympics may cost up to $2.8 bnThe cost for coronavirus counter measures is about $920 million.05 Dec, 2020, 01.03 PM IST
- Tokyo Olympics delay costs may reach $2.8 billionThe numbers are in line with estimates that have been made in Japan since the Olympics were postponed eight months ago. They are now set to...04 Dec, 2020, 05.22 PM IST
- International Olympic Committee creates $800 million fund to address coronavirus crisisThe envelope has two parts: USD 650m (602 million euros) which "refers to the cost of organisation" of the postponed Games; and USD 150m as...15 May, 2020, 10.28 AM IST
- Tokyo Olympics unrealistic without a vaccine?Japan and the International Olympic Committee agreed to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games until July next year due to the coronavirus pa...28 Apr, 2020, 10.08 AM IST
- Tokyo Olympic CEO hints games could be in doubt even in 2021"I don't think anyone would be able to say if it is going to be possible to get it under control by next July or not," Tokyo organizing com...10 Apr, 2020, 04.41 PM IST
- Tokyo Olympics rescheduled for July 23-Aug 8 in 2021Last week, the IOC and Japanese organizers postponed the Olympics until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. This year's games were sc...30 Mar, 2020, 05.45 PM IST
- COVID-19 impact: New Olympic date likely 'this week': OrganisersNew dates for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will likely be revealed this week, organisers said Monday after the coronavirus forced the hi...30 Mar, 2020, 01.20 PM IST
- Olympics delay could help organisers beat the Tokyo heatThe historic decision to delay the Games due to the coronavirus pandemic gave Tokyo a wide range of options when rescheduling: the Games wi...28 Mar, 2020, 12.33 AM IST
- International Olympic Committee postpones Tokyo Olympics due to COVID-19 outbreakThe Games were scheduled for July 24-August 9, but after telephone discussions between IOC president Thomas Bach and Japanese Prime Ministe...24 Mar, 2020, 08.03 PM IST
- Japan requests one-year Olympic postponement over virus: PM Shinzo Abe"I proposed to postpone for about a year and president Bach responded with 100 percent agreement," Shinzo Abe told reporters referring to T...24 Mar, 2020, 07.16 PM IST
- Postponing the Olympic Games: It's complicatedMuch depends on the length of any postponement but shoehorning an Olympics into what is already a packed sporting calendar in 2021, for exa...23 Mar, 2020, 02.46 PM IST
- Covid-19: Could the Tokyo Olympics be postponed or cancelled?Since the first modern Olympics in Athens in 1896, the only reason that a Games has been cancelled is because of the world wars. The outbre...20 Mar, 2020, 12.19 AM IST
- Virus impact: Japan could be allowed to postpone Olympics to end of year, minister saysTokyo's contract with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allows it to postpone the Games until the end of the year, Japan's Olympics...03 Mar, 2020, 01.53 PM IST
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