FILE PHOTO: Japan's ex-defence minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech during a meeting on the party leader election of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) at their headquarters in Tokyo, Japan September 10, 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan must brainstorm plans for dealing with cancelled or postponed Tokyo Olympic Games, even if that is unlikely, said Shigeru Ishiba, a ruling party heavyweight seen as a leading candidate to be the next prime minister.
Ishiba, an outspoken critic of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said on Wednesday the fate of the Tokyo Olympics was a decision best left to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He declined to comment on what the best move might be.
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