On Friday, US President Joe Biden gave support to Japan PM statement over Tokyo Olympics. Let us share that As Japan PM says that they efforts to hold a "safe and secure" Olympic Games this year after talk of cancelation due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, meeting Biden as the US president's first foreign guest, said his country was listening to experts and doing its "utmost" to prepare for the Tokyo Games.
Japam PM Suga told a joint news conference "They are doing everything possible to contain infection and to realize safe and secure games from scientific and objective perspectives,".Tthe prime minister added further that "I expressed my determination to realize the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games as a symbol of global unity this summer, and President Biden once again expressed his support,". The Tokyo Games are due to open in July, with only Japanese spectators in the stands, after already being postponed by a year due to the pandemic.
However, here it is needed to mention that organizers clear that they scrapped another leg of Japan's Olympic torch relay as the third leg to be affected by a surge in infections and that a BMX Freestyle test event scheduled for April 24 and 25 would now be postponed. A top official from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Toshihiro Nikai, caused a stir on Thursday by saying that Japan may need to cancel the Olympics, which have become increasingly unpopular among the Japanese public.
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