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The latest package includes 33 trillion yen in direct spending, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said.

Postponing the Games is an enormous logistical and financial challenge, with the final price tag for the delay still unclear

"Currently, we are seeing rapid increases of new infections particularly in urban areas like Tokyo and Osaka," said Abe

I proposed to postpone for about a year and president Bach , responded with 100 per cent agreement, says Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe had said that the health of the athletes is the priority while hinting at the postponement of the Tokyo Summer Games due to the coronavirus pandemic

The comments from Shinzo Abe were his first acknowledgement that the 2020 Games may not open as scheduled on July 24, as the coronavirus marches across the globe causing unprecedented chaos.

A fresh domestic poll showed most Japanese believe the Tokyo Olympics Games should be postponed

The preparations for the Olympic Games have been hit hard since the outbreak of the coronavirus in January

Amit Shah's visit to Shillong and Arunachal also stands cancelled

"I will thoroughly investigate and show the whole picture of what happened," Abe told the annual meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party