Mar.30 — It didn’t take long for Japan and the International Olympic Committee to come up with a new start date for the summer Olympic games. In fact, less than a week after the games were officially postponed because of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, we have a new date. Tokyo 2020 will now be held in July of 2021. Bloomberg’s Stephen Engle reports on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.”
In This Story: Japan
Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37.4 million residents.
Japan is a great power and a member of numerous international organizations, including the United Nations (since 1956), the OECD, and the G7. Japan is a leader in the automotive and electronics industries.