Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori said Saturday it is unlikely the rescheduled 2020 Summer Games will take place in the spring of 2021.
The Tokyo Olympics were officially postponed earlier this week as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
"I want to offer some conclusions by the end of next week after we've mulled it over," Mori said during an appearance on Nippon Television. "The Games are meant to be in summer, so we should be thinking of a time between June and September."
The New York Times and Japanese broadcaster NHK each reported Saturday that the Games are likely to begin July 23, 2021 — nearly a year to the day after their initially-scheduled window this summer.