Officials deny reports Japan decided to cancel Olympic games

By Tyler Van Dyke

Published January 22, 2021 3:52pm ET

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Officials deny reports Japan decided to cancel Olympic games — Japanese officials denied an anonymously sourced report that the government has “privately concluded” they will have to cancel the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic. With just 151 days to go before the games are set to begin, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Manabu Sakai told reporters that the story was “categorically untrue.” “We would […]

Japanese officials denied an anonymously sourced report that the government has “privately concluded” they will have to cancel the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic.

With just 151 days to go before the games are set to begin, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Manabu Sakai told reporters that the story was “categorically untrue.”

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