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Jonathan White

This summer’s delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics are losing public support, according to the latest opinion poll conducted by Kyodo News.
Some 80 per cent of respondents want the Games to be cancelled or further postponed, Kyodo reported on Sunday after their weekend telephone survey.
This is an increase on the previous poll conducted last month by broadcaster NHK, where 60 per cent wanted Tokyo 2020 to be called off or delayed again.
Tokyo declared a state of emergency last week as the capital battles a spike in Covid-19 cases.
Tokyo Olympics’ Covid-19 mask is slipping
Kyodo reported that 35.3 per cent want the Games cancelled and 44.8 per cent said they should be postponed. Tokyo 2020 was already delayed by a year until this July.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has also seen his approval ratings drop since a poll last month, according to Kyodo. They dropped 9 per cent to 41.3 per cent, with those polled citing his administration’s response to the growing coronavirus crisis.

Speculation has grown over the country’s ability to host the “safe and secure” Games that Suga has promised.
The cost of the Tokyo Games has skyrocketed because of the delay but the government and organising committee have remained committed to them going ahead as planned in July.
Chinese media outlets reported that the Games could be cancelled at a government meeting on January 18, citing a report in a weekly Japanese gossip tabloid.


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Poll finds 80 per cent of Japanese public want Olympics to be cancelled or postponed as country battles Covid-19
Latest survey shows opposition has grown from 60 per cent in different poll last month, with Yoshihide Suga’s popularity decreasing



Poll finds 80 per cent of Japanese public want Olympics to be cancelled or postponed as country battles Covid-19.
