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'Difficult' to hold Tokyo Olympics if coronavirus not contained: Japan PM

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

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wearing a protective face mask attends a plenary session at the parliaments upper house in Tokyo.
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File photo of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wearing a protective face mask

BS Web Teamagencies New Delhi
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday it would be "difficult" to hold the Tokyo Olympics if the coronavirus pandemic is not contained.
 
The Japan PM’s remark came a day after Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori said in an interview with a local sports daily that the Olympics will have to be cancelled if the coronavirus pandemic isn't brought under control by next year.

 
Abe told parliament: "We must hold the Olympics as a testament to humanity's victory over the