(VOVWORLD) - Half of the Japanese public thinks the Olympics will take place this summer, a survey by Yomiuri daily newspaper showed on Monday, less than two months before the Games' scheduled opening.
 An Olympic Rings monument outside the Japan Olympic Committee (JOC) headquarters in Tokyo. (Photo: Reuters) |
For the Tokyo Olympics, already postponed a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, questions still remain over how Tokyo can hold the global event and keep volunteers, athletes, officials and the Japanese public safe from COVID-19.
Japanese chief cabinet secretary Katsunobu Kato said the government would continue to work on coronavirus measures for the "safe and secure" Games. He reiterated that organisers would make a decision this month on domestic spectators.
In a Yomiuri survey conducted June 4-6, 50% of respondents said the Games would happen this summer; 26% said they would occur without spectators. That is higher than 48% of those polled saying the event would be cancelled.
Most of the respondents said that despite fatigue from virus-related restrictions, virus measures for Olympics athletes and participants are not enough.