Olympic Games may yet be cancelled due COVID-19, says senior Japanese ruling party official

A senior Japanese ruling party official said cancelling this year's Olympics in Tokyo remains an option if the coronavirus crisis becomes too dire, as a fourth wave of infections surges less than 100 days from the planned start of the Games. 'If it seems impossible to do it any more, then we have to stop, decisively,' Toshihiro Nikai, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, said in comments to broadcaster TBS. Cancellation is 'of course' an option, Nikai said. 'If the Olympics were to spread infection, then what are the Olympics for?' he added.