Japan, IOC Set July 23 Next Year for Start of Delayed Olympics: Kyodo

Japanese organizers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided on Monday that the Tokyo Olympic Games would start on July 23, 2021.

Giant Olympic rings seen at the waterfront area at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo, Japan, on March 25, 2020, after the announcement of the Games' postponement to 2021, due to outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Issei Kato/File Photo via Reuters

TOKYO—Japanese organizers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided on Monday that the Tokyo Olympic Games would start on July 23, 2021, and run until Aug. 8, Kyodo news reported.

The Games were postponed last week due to the deepening CCP virus outbreak, also known as the novel coronavirus outbreak.