No fireworks, little fanfare: Tokyo organisers mark six months to go

FILE PHOTO: Olympic rings are seen outside the National Stadium, the main venue for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan January 8, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - With much of Japan under a state of emergency due to a third wave of COVID-19 infections, organisers of the Tokyo Olympics will mark six months to go on Saturday with little fanfare, no fireworks and amid rapidly dwindling public support.

Postponed by a year due to the pandemic, there will be no more delays for the 2020 Games, organisers have stressed, despite a recent Kyodo News survey showing 80% of people in Japan want the event either cancelled or rescheduled.