{"id":6531,"date":"2020-05-18T12:04:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T12:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=6531"},"modified":"2026-04-24T05:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:10:15","slug":"tokyo-2020-who-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/tokyo-2020-who-japan","title":{"rendered":"WHO says organising Tokyo 2020 won&#8217;t &#8216;be easy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says organisers are keen to face the challenge of hosting the Games post Covid-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- The Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that running Tokyo 2020 will not &#8216;be easy&#8217; due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year&#8217;s Games have been postponed to next year in the hope of allowing officials time to prepare for thousands of athletes, coaches and spectators to attend the event safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a joint news conference with the <strong><em>International Olympic Committee<\/em><\/strong>, the WHO&#8217;s Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said: &#8220;We hope Tokyo will be a place where humanity will gather with triumph against Covid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It is in our hands, but it is not easy. If we do our best, especially with national unity and global solidarity, I think it\u2019s possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health experts and organisers have <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/bach-olympic-games-tokyo-2020\">offered contrasting views as to whether the summer games<\/a><\/em><\/strong> can go ahead next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says organisers are keen to face the challenge of hosting the Games post Covid-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The article details the challenges associated with hosting the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, postponed to next year, amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. World Health Organisation Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus acknowledged the significant difficulties but expressed hope for global unity to ensure the event's success as a triumph over the virus. Divergent views persist among health experts and organizers regarding the feasibility of safely proceeding with the Games.","focusai_entities":"Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organisation, International Olympic Committee","focusai_location":"Tokyo, Japan","focusai_target_profile":"","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"iGaming Sector Relevance","query":"What specific implications, if any, does the WHO's assessment of the Tokyo Olympics' feasibility have for global sports betting markets or land-based casino recovery trajectories?"},{"label":"Capital Markets Impact","query":"How might the ongoing uncertainty surrounding major international events, as highlighted by the Tokyo Games, influence investor sentiment or capital allocation within the broader entertainment and leisure sectors, including iGaming?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[161,16338,158,155],"tags":[470,12507],"class_list":["post-6531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","category-sports-betting-news","tag-japan","tag-tokyo-2020"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6531"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008672,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6531\/revisions\/777008672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}