Earlier today, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the International Olympic Committee announced that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed to 2021 to ensure the safety of people across the world. The only times the Olympic Games was ever cancelled / postponed was during 1916, 1940, and 1944 — during the world wars. Despite the postponement, the Summer Olympics ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has ordered closure of all elementary, junior high, and high schools across Japan until April as the coronavirus situation worsens. “Efforts have been made to prevent the spread of infection among children in each region, and these one or two weeks will be an extremely critical period,” Abe told a meeting of key Cabinet ministers on ...