Japan Would ‘Scrap’ Games If Not Held Next Year: Tokyo 2020’s Yoshiro Mori

Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori said that the Olympic Games, already postponed to 2021, would be “scrapped” if they could not take place then.

A man walks past a large banner promoting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, on March 23, 2020. Jae C. Hong/AP Photo

TOKYO—Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori said the Olympic Games, already postponed to 2021, would be “scrapped” if they couldn’t take place then, according to an interview published on April 28.

The International Olympic Committee and the Japanese government last month postponed the Games until July 2021 because of the impact of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus outbreak.