At the G7 summit, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga reaffirmed his determination to hold the Olympic Games in Tokyo in July, regardless of the corona pandemic. “We will make preparations for safe games in Tokyo and take all measures to prevent the virus from spreading,” said Suga, according to a senior official in the group of heads of state and government, as the Kyodo news agency reported.
Given the opposition to the Games from among the Japanese people, the Japanese government hopes that the Group of Seven will express their support for the Games in the closing declaration of the summit on Sunday, Kyodo wrote. The G7 include the USA, Great Britain, Germany, France, Canada, Italy and Japan. The games, which have been postponed by a year, are due to open on July 23.
