It may be too little, too late. That’s the realization sinking in as Japan scrambles to catch up on a frustratingly slow vaccination drive less than two months before the Summer Olympics.
Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC are to unveil new plans this week to explain how 15,400 Olympic and Paralympic athletes can compete in Japan when the games open in three months in the midst of a pandemic.
Tokyo police are investigating cyberattacks on about 200 Japanese companies and research organisations, including the country’s space agency, by a hacking group believed to be linked to the Chinese military.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga asked the US drugmaker Pfizer Inc for additional supplies of the COVID-19 vaccine to speed up the inoculation drive that lags behind many other countries.
President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga showcased the alliance between their two countries as well as their shared resolve in dealing with China as they met at the White House on Friday
The head of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday was again forced to assure the world that the postponed games will open in just over three months and not be cancelled despite surging COVID-19 cases in Japan.
Japan is set to raise the coronavirus alert level in Tokyo’s three neighbouring prefectures and a fourth area in central Japan to allow tougher measures as a more contagious coronavirus variant spreads.
