Tokyo 2020 OlympicsInside Abe's push to keep Olympics in Tokyo, even with delay
With Trump's '1,000% support,' prime minister desperate not to cancel
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has banked on his relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump to avoid a cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics. © AP
SHUNSUKE SHIGETA and RINTARO HOSOKAWA, Nikkei staff writers
TOKYO/GENEVA -- As it became clear that starting the Tokyo Olympics in late July as planned was out of the question while the coronavirus pandemic raged on, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set out to avoid the worst-case scenario of calling off the games altogether.