Tokyo’s Olympics dream likely will have to wait.
The Japanese government has privately concluded that the Tokyo Olympics — originally slated for last summer — will have to be cancelled because of COVID-19, according to a report from The Times of London.
The report states Japan will now switch its focus to securing he Olympics for the next available year, 2032.
Japan has spent $25 billion on preparations for the competition, though polls have shown 80 percent of Japanese people are against it going on as planned, according to the report.
Despite public posturing from both the International Olympic Committee and the Japanese government saying the games can happen, a winter wave of coronavirus cases in Japan has made that goal far more difficult, according to The Times.
“No one wants to be the first to say so but the consensus is that it’s too difficult,” a senior member of the ruling coalition said. “Personally, I don’t think it’s going to happen.”
The 2024 Olympics are scheduled to be hosted in Paris.





