SoftBank Group Corp. founder and CEO Masayoshi Son on Saturday expressed fresh doubt about Tokyo¡¯s delayed Summer Olympics going ahead during the COVID-19 pandemic.
¡°Currently more than 80% of people want the Olympics to be postponed or cancelled. Who and on what authority is it being forced through?¡± Son in Japanese.
The billionaire last week said he was ¡°afraid¡± of holding the Olympics during the pandemic. Polls consistently show most Japanese people oppose holding the hames as planned.
The Reuters Corporate Survey on Friday showed that some 70% of big Japanese companies also want the Games delayed or cancelled, after the authorities postponed the event in 2020 for a year due to the pandemic.
But a top International Olympic Committee official said on Friday the games would ¡°absolutely¡± go ahead even if the capital were still under a coronavirus state of emergency, given ¡°all of the plans we have in place to protect the safety and security of the athletes and the people of Japan.¡±
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