Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Executive board member says decision on Summer Games not known until next spring

The comment by lawmaker Toshiaki Endo, one of six vice presidents on the board and a former Olympics minister, marks the first time an organising committee executive has remarked on the timing for a decision on the Games

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Governor Yuriko Koike vows thorough measures to combat coronavirus during torch relay through Japan

Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike’s comments came after Greece’s Olympic Committee on Friday cancelled the remainder of the Olympic torch relay through the country to avoid attracting crowds that could raise the risk of virus contagion.