Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Pressure on Tokyo Olympics: Official partner joins calls for cancellation” – below is their description.
Tokyo’s Olympics organisers are meeting to address increasing pressure for the Games, scheduled to start in less than two months, to be cancelled.
One of the official partners, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, is warning about the dangers of coronavirus and pointing to widespread public opposition.
Last week, a union representing medics said it strongly opposed the event.
About 2 percent of the country has been vaccinated.
Jeff Kingston is the director of Asian studies at Temple University Japan. He joins us by Skype from Tokyo for the latest updates.
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Al Jazeera English YouTube Channel
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