Why is Suga so insistent on the Tokyo Olympics? It’s partly the threat of losing face to China

Why is Suga so insistent on the Tokyo Olympics? It’s partly the threat of losing face to China

South China Morning Post - Asia·2021-01-20 07:07

Analysts say the prime minister is keenly aware that if Japan postpones or cancels the event, Beijing is set to host the first post-pandemic Games with the 2022 Winter Olympics

Conservatives will see this as a ‘humiliation’, they say, with Suga’s position and political legacy on the line over the issue as well as his handling of Covid-19

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