FILE PHOTO: Japan's Minister in charge of administrative reform and regulatory reform Taro Kono attends a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
TOKYO (Reuters) - The once-delayed Tokyo Olympics may not go ahead this summer as planned as the COVID-19 pandemic rages, a Japanese cabinet minister said on Thursday, saying the host needs to be ready for anything.
"We need to do the best we can to prepare for the Games at this moment, but it could go either way," Taro Kono, administrative and regulatory reform minister, said in an interview at the Reuters Next conference.
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