JOC chief Yamashita: report on Japan govt private decision on Olympics cancellation "fabrication"

Reuters

Published Jan 22, 2021 10:06

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Olympic Committee head Yasuhiro Yamashita said on Friday that a report that the Japanese government had privately concluded that the Tokyo Olympics would have to be cancelled was false and a "fabrication."

Yamashita made the remarks about a report in The Times in an interview with Reuters.