Limited public support amid surge in Covid-19 cases in TokyoTime for discussion about Games is now, says Naomi OsakaPreparations for the Tokyo Olympics have suffered another setback after a poll found that nearly 60% of people in
Japan want them to be cancelled, less than three months before the Games are due to open.
Japan has extended a state of emergency in Tokyo and several other regions until the end of May as it struggles to contain a surge in Covid-19 cases fuelled by new, more contagious variants, with medical staff warning that health services in some areas are on the verge of collapse.