Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday that the Tokyo Olympics may not take place next year unless the coronavirus pandemic is contained.
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Tokyo on Sunday recorded 143 new cases of the coronavirus, raising the number of people, who have tested positive for it, to over 1,000.
US President Donald Trump says he supports a one-year postponement of the Tokyo Olympics due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“I just want everybody to understand and fully know that the United States of America stands behind Japan, its great ally, 100 percent,” Trump said in a very short statement during a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe.
He did not elaborate
Trump’s warning came after Rouhani was quoted as saying that anyone who speaks to Iranians with threats would regret it