Japanese PM and IOC chief agree to postpone 2020 Olympics

Posted on AllSides March 24th, 2020
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach agreed Tuesday to postpone the Olympics by about one year.

Abe put the suggestion to Bach, who agreed that the latest date the Olympics will be held is summer 2021.

It was also announced that the event will still be dubbed Tokyo 2020 Olympics despite the postponement.

"The IOC president and the Prime Minister of Japan have concluded that the Games .. must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021, to...

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