Half Japan thinks Olympics will go ahead, poll shows, despite opposition

People cross a street in the Shinjuku shopping and business district in Tokyo, Japan

* Govt officials working to ensure ‘safe and secure’ Games * Foreign spectators already prohibited from attending * Most Japanese against hold Games during pandemic, polls show Half of the Japanese public think the 2020 Olympics will take place this summer, a survey by the Yomiuri daily newspaper showed on Monday, despite most people opposing holding the Games during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Olympics have already been postponed by a year amid concerns over how organisers can keep volunteers, athletes, officials and the Japanese public safe when they begin on July 23 after a fourth wave of infections. Opposition lawmakers grilled Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and cabinet ministers in parliament on Monday over the decision to press ahead with the event after several polls showed the public was not in favour.