Should the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics Be Held? It’s Complicated

By Takao Ohashi, Attorney-at-law in Japan The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which have been postponed for one year, are now only one month away. In Japan, however, the Covid-19 outbreak is not yet under total control, and a state of emergency has been declared in major cities such as Tokyo and Osaka, forcing sports and entertainment events to be cancelled, or held on a much-reduced scale. According to the poll conducted by the Asahi Shimbun in May, an official sponsor of the