TOKYO (AP) — The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee tried on Tuesday to reassure the Japanese public that the postponed games will open in just over six months.
Two polls in the last few days have shown just over 80% of Japanese people surveyed think the Olympics should be canceled or postponed, or believe they will not take place as COVID-19 cases surge in Japan.
In what was billed as a New Year’s address, Mori gave a little pep talk aimed at the July 23 opening of the Olympics.
“Spring will always come, morning will surely come even after long nights,” President Yoshiro Mori said.