Suga says G-7 leaders gave unanimous support for holding Olympics this summer

Ha! It's easy to say (in private) they support the Olympics when they don't have to hold it in their country! They're not the ones who are going to suffer financially or risk worsening the pandemic, or deal with nightmarish logistics. They probably said 'Good luck!' too.

Polite support is meaningless.

@beentofivecontinents

said it best - delay the games until everyone has been vaccinated or let’s just pull the bandaid off in one swoop and cancel this nonsense.

@JeffLee...

I do believe they want to keep

pushing ahead with this until it is logistical too late to cancel it. Very well said!

Sure they did.

The Olympics should go ahead, and life needs to resume back to normal as soon as possible after that.

Yes, they need to go ahead.

After the pandemic has ended.

Not a moment before.

Has this statement been confirmed?

Empty statements. If G-7 leaders don't send any athlete to the Games, then it is no. We don't need words from their mouths to confirm anything.

Suga economical with facts. G7 dudes not in opposition to Olympics provided Japan can deliver on its promises.

@beentofivecontinents, excellent idea but it makes too much sense for the greedy IOC which is beholden to US TV contracts.

the cut off date is coming soon as the torch relay starts next month. I fear we Tokyo residents are stuck with these cursed games.

They can support it all they want but if the situation remains the same before the big event, there will be no Olympics.

Most likely, the kind of meeting were nobody will go against. Does not mean they approve but stay polite by giving their support

Suga says G-7 leaders gave unanimous support for holding Olympics this summer

Yeah, sure. OK. Whatever. Who cares. ( not their problem anyway, ( Suga, open your eyes ) )

But

what about THE PEOPLE.

At this point everyone in Government needs to stop flapping their gums about the stupid games and get on with rolling out vaccinations speedily and efficiently . That's it. That's the task at hand.

So? They don't live here do they? They don't pay taxes here do they?

Support = "sure dude, you want to throw good money after bad and risk virus spread? No skin off our backs"

Suga says, Abe says, they seem to be unaware that what they say is usless Someone has to tell them action speeks louder than words

most likely there was a misunderstanding.

Suga cannot speak English, and something was lost on thr translation.

Wouldn't it be better to delay the Olympics until September, if indeed Japan is to have it at all ? The situation would at last be better then. July is still too soon.

Unless the "unanimous support" means they will give Japan the vaccines and infrastructure to deliver them to the whole population before the games begin that is as useful as getting "thoughts and prayers".

I want to hear it from their mouths, not his!

Right. Suga Says. Who cares what Suga Says? Use your own brain. Suga. Right....

There will a point in time soon when it will be too late to cancel, for political and logistical reasons, etc., even if the science says it must be cancelled or very radically scaled back for the sake of public health. This is going to be interesting.

Suga says it is IOC which decide to open Olympics or not. On the other hand, he says Japan earnestly wants to hold the Olympics while majority of the population want the Olympics cancelled or postponed. I am puzzled.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Saturday Group of Seven leaders gave unanimous support for his bid to hold the Tokyo Olympics this summer

Support in internal discussion during G7 meeting not a public statement from each G7 leader.

Look at the SCIENCE of covid-19, not WHO supports the Olympics..