Tokyo ‘cornered’ into holding Games: Olympian Yamaguchi

Former Olympian says IOC, Govt. and local organisers ignoring popular sentiment

Tokyo has been “cornered” into holding the games during the coronavirus pandemic, one of Japan’s best-known Olympians and an executive member of the Japanese Olympic Committee said in an outspoken editorial published Friday. Kaori Yamaguchi said the International Olympic Committee, the government and local organisers are ignoring widespread opposition to the Games from the Japanese public. Depending on how the question is phrased in different polls, between 50-80% of Japanese people oppose holding the Olympics.