Qilu Evening News Qilu Yidian News, January 11th, according to the Japanese media Weekly Truth, Japan will hold a parliamentary session on January 18, which will involve epidemic prevention and the budget of the Olympic Games.
At the same time, the media said that the Japanese government may decide to postpone the Tokyo Olympic Games originally planned for July, and in order to apply to the International Olympic Committee for compensation, Japan may hold the Olympic Games in 2023.
Earlier, a Kyodo News Agency poll showed that more than 80% of Japanese people want the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games to be cancelled or postponed again due to the worsening trend of the coronavirus epidemic, up about 17% from a month ago.
According to the survey, 35.3% of the respondents want the Olympics to be cancelled, and 44.8% of the respondents want to postpone the Olympic Games again.
On January 8, Dick Pound, a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), said in an interview that there is no guarantee that the Tokyo Olympic Games will be held at present.
At the same time, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiro Kan reiterated that the Japanese government’s determination to host the Tokyo Olympic Games remains unchanged.