Japan’s ruling party chief: If the epidemic is severe Tokyo Olympics can only be stopped

Japanese media reported that the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) chairman, Toshihiro Niiji, said today on a TV program about the Tokyo Olympics that if the epidemic continues to expand, “if it really doesn’t work, we can only stop (the East Olympics)”, expressing that stopping the East Olympics is also one of the options.

Kyodo News reported that the second order said that if the Olympic Games let the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic spread, so I do not know why to run the Olympics; then will make a judgment.

However, the second order also stressed that running the Olympics is an important opportunity for Japan, to be held towards the goal of success, the necessary issues are resolved one by one.