Japan has been under a state of emergency due to an increase of COVID-19 since late April. Vaccine is scarce and very few were vaccinated. The recent poll shows that 70% of Japanese do not want the Olympic Games to be held this summer. Despite a number of reasons for cancelling the games, Japan is slowly moving to host the Olympics Games, which is scheduled to begin on Friday, July 23, 2021. This BBC article discusses why it is difficult to cancel the Tokyo Olympic Games.
