Abe could be big loser if Tokyo Olympics cancelled, postponed

A Japanese resident is walking past a souvenir shop in a shopping mall in Tokyo on Tuesday (March 17). The Olympic Games is in danger of being postponed but Japanese Prime Minister is confident that the Games can be held as scheduled in July. - Reuters

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe might be the biggest loser if the Tokyo Olympics don't go off as planned in just over four months.

Abe has attached himself to the success of the Olympics since pushing hard for Tokyo's selection at an IOC meeting in 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tokyo was picked over Istanbul by billing itself as a "safe pair of hands."