60% in Japan want the Olympics cancelled

A recent opinion poll has shown that more than half of people in Japanese aren’t keen on the Olympic games going ahead.

Japan’s Prime Minister Suga says he never “put them Olympics first” as a recent opinion poll shows nearly 60 percent of Japanese want the Olympic Games cancelled.

The games are due to take place in less than three months but Japan recently extended its state of emergency in Tokyo until the end of this month amid a surge in COVID-19 cases.

International Olympic officials and Prime Minister Suga have insisted the $15.4 billion event will go forward in “a safe and secure” way.

Overseas spectators will be banned from attending the games, and athletes will have to abide by a strict playbook aimed to preventing coronavirus infections.