Tokyo, Dec 15 (AFP/APP): Tokyo’s governor can see “no circumstances” under which the virus-postponed 2020 Olympics will be canceled, despite rising coronavirus infections in Japan and continued public skepticism. In an interview with AFP, Yuriko Koike warned Tuesday that the fate of the Tokyo Games would impact future Olympic events, including the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing and the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. She acknowledged that a majority of the Japanese public now opposes hosting the Games next year, but said she was convinced those concerns could be overcome. “The Japanese public and Tokyo residents are looking at the current conditions,” Koike said. “We are preparing for the future.” The 2020 Games are the first in history to be postponed during peacetime, and organizers and officials have been at pains to insist that they can still be pulled off next year. A further postponement has been ruled out by Olympic and Japanese officials and Koike said “there are no circumstances” under which she could envisage the Games being canceled. “Citizens of the world are seeing the Tokyo Games as a symbol that humanity will have defeated the coronavirus, that will lead to the Beijing Winter Games and then the … Continue reading Will the Tokyo Olympics be Cancelled?