The Japanese opposed the holding of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. The fact that there are fewer supporters of this idea in the country than opponents, according to the data of a telephone social survey, reports the NHK channel.
27 percent of the Japanese are in favor of the games, almost a third are against: 32 percent. 31 percent of respondents think games should be migrated again.
It is noted that in the same poll conducted in December, the Japanese were in favor of holding the Olympics – 40 percent of respondents were inclined to support such a decision.
The channel conducted the current poll from 11 to 13 December among 2.1 thousand people over 18 years old. It is reported that the country is experiencing record levels of the spread of a new type of coronavirus: on Monday, December 14, more than 1.6 thousand new cases were detected, in total there are more than 183 thousand, deaths – more than 2.6 thousand.
That the Summer Olympics-2020 postponed until 2021 from – for the coronavirus pandemic, it became known on March 24. The director of the organizing committee of the Games, Haruyuki Takahashi, admitted the possibility of re-postponing the Olympic Games. At the same time, he stressed that it is impossible to completely cancel the Games, as this will deal a huge blow to the economy of Japan and the world.