Some pot-shots being levelled at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are"political posturing" IOC vice-president Dick Pound told Reuters on Wednesday, insisting the beleaguered extravaganza should and would go ahead in July.
The newspaper, often critical of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, later said it remained committed to being a partner but that its editorial division had its independent mission. Pound said he was surprised at the slow roll-out of vaccinations, and also was confused by the state of emergency.
A professor of public health and adviser to the New Zealand government on Tuesday said going ahead with the Games would be"absurd". "In Rio it was Zika, not withstanding it wasn't the season and wasn't the place for Zika... all kinds of people were taking that to heart.
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