FILE PHOTO: Toshiro Muto, CEO of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Organising Committee, attends a news conference after giving a presentation to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) about progress towards the rearranged Summer Games next year, in Tokyo, Japan July 17, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/Pool
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympics organisers are preparing to host the Games next year even if the global coronavirus pandemic hasn't eased substantially, organising committee chief executive Toshiro Muto told Reuters on Tuesday.
The Tokyo Olympics had been scheduled to start on Friday but were put back to 2021 because of the pandemic.
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