The trial showed promising results. However, when the full COVID-19 protocols are released, they have to do more trials. Will it affect the level of enthusiasm?

Will the torch relay ignite the enthusiasm once more?

People's skepticism and the economic slump become the tallest hurdle for Japan to run the postponed Tokyo Games next year.

That's a reassuring statement from the new PM, but... How?

The enthusiasm is getting weaker.

Following the cancelation of the nationwide high school sports competition, Scheduled for Summer such as in Aichi Prefecture, that the national middle school physical education competition also canceled.

Had 2011 never happened, Fukushima would have cheered for Japan as well, said they.

The decision to postpone the ceremony came just a day after Tokyo and Beijing agreed to postpone the state visit of the President of China, Xi Jinping.

There will be no “plan B” nor any contingency plan to move or cancel the Olympics and Paralympics.

Once hesitant, the Japanese organizers keep on holding the Olympics as planned.

The prefecture is known as the house of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, meltdown during the 2011 tsunami.

The decision was inspired by the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships held in Doha from 27 September to 6 October.