The Tokyo Olympics may still be cancelled less than one hundred days out from it’s scheduled start, says Toshiro Nikai, Secretary General of Japan’s ruling party.
The country is facing their fourth wave of the pandemic, with 4,300 new daily cases reported last Wednesday. This comes as less than 1 percent of the population have received the vaccination.
Both the Japanese and international Olympic committees have been firm about pushing through lockdown measures to host the games, despite over 75% of respondents in polls nationwide have expressed against it.
Olympic organisers last month banned foreign spectators from attending the games in order to limit the spread of COVID-19.