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Japan, IOC agree Tokyo Olympics should be postponed for 1 year
Read full article: Japan, IOC agree Tokyo Olympics should be postponed for 1 yearA man walks past a large banner promoting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Monday, March 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)TOKYO – IOC President Thomas Bach has agreed “100%” to a proposal of postponing the Tokyo Olympics for about one year until 2021 because of the coronavirus outbreak, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday. He added that he hoped to reschedule the Olympics as a proof of human victory over the coronavirus pandemic. Abe held telephone talks with Bach after the IOC said it would make a decision on the Tokyo Games over the next four weeks. Abe said he expects the pandemic to be over by next year and the Olympics can be held by the summer of 2021 at the latest.