People wearing masks watch a countdown clock no longer showing the days left until the opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan on March 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)
Organizing committee chief Yoshiro Mori said the new dates for the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games could be decided next week.
TOKYO, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo 2020 chief Yoshiro Mori said on Saturday that the new dates for the postponed Olympic Games could be decided by the end of next week.
A pedestrain takes photos of a countdown clock no longer showing the days left until the opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan on March 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)
The Olympic Games, which will be held in the summer of 2021 at the latest, is most likely to be held between June and September, Mori said during a program broadcast by Nippon Television.
File photo taken on March 12, 2020 shows a pedestrian wearing mask walking past the Olympic rings in Tokyo, Japan. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)
"I want to offer some conclusions by the end of next week, after we've mulled it over," Mori said.
"The Games are meant to be in summer, so we should be thinking of a time between June and September," Kyodo news agency said. ■
