More than half of Japanese are opposed to hosting the summer Olympic games in Tokyo this year. It is reported RIA Novosti citing a public opinion poll conducted by Japanese public television NHK.
According to the findings, 35 percent of Japanese believe that the competition should be moved, and 31 percent advocated the complete abolition of the Games in Tokyo. Only 26 percent of respondents were in favour of the Olympics at the appointed time, 23 June 2021.
nevertheless, the majority of Japanese said that had an interest in the Games. So 71 percent of the respondents in one way or another interesting competition. At the same time, only seven percent of the population is not interested in the Olympics.
Earlier, the Director of the organizing Committee of the Games of Haruyuki Takahashi admitted the possibility of re-transfer of the Olympic games. He noticed that in the first place, the organizers seek to hold competitions in the summer of 2021. He stressed that to fully cancel the Games is impossible, as it will cause a huge blow to the economy of Japan and the world.
