Toshiro Muto, Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee Chief Executive Officer, speaks next to Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games mascot Miraitowa and Paralympic mascot Someity during an interview with Reuters ahead of the six-months countdown to the Tokyo Olympics that have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan January 21, 2021. Picture taken January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato
TOKYO (Reuters) - Six months from the start of the rearranged Olympics, Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto is cautiously hopeful that successful rollouts of COVID-19 vaccines can help lead to the safe and successful staging of the world's largest sporting event.
Last year, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese government made the unprecedented decision to postpone the Games for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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