Inside Abe's push to keep Olympics in Tokyo, even with delay

With Trump's '1,000% support,' prime minister desperate not to cancel

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.

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