Japan requests one-year Olympic postponement over virus: PM
Shinzo Abe has asked the IOC for the 2020 games to be postponed for a year
AFP
Japan has asked for a one-year postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Games over the global coronavirus pandemic, and the International Olympic Committee has agreed, the country's prime minister said Tuesday.
"I proposed to postpone for about a year and president Bach responded with 100 per cent agreement," Shinzo Abe told reporters referring to Thomas Bach, head of the IOC.
