Saturday, 13 June 2020 () Next year's Olympics will be safe despite the coronavirus pandemic, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has said, pledging a "120-percent effort" to ensure the first-ever postponed Games can go ahead. Koike -- who announced Friday she would stand for re-election next month -- said the city was committed to holding the event as a "symbol of human triumph" over the virus, but admitted it would be downsized. "I will make a...
Tokyo 2020 organisers have confirmed that 80% of the venues required to run a successful Olympics have been secured ahead of next year's rearranged Games.