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Poll: Support for Olympics hits new low in Japan

Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games mascots Miraitowa (left) and Someity ride on a boat during a parade in Tokyo on July 22, 2018.

Photo credit: Toshifumi Kitamura | AFP

What you need to know:

  • Public sentiment towards the Olympics in Japan has been less than optimistic for months.
  • Two polls in July showed the majority thought the event should be postponed again or cancelled, while a survey released in December by national broadcaster NHK found that only 27 percent of respondents supported holding the Games in 2021.

Tokyo

Support for holding the coronavirus-postponed Tokyo Olympics this summer has hit a new low in Japan, a poll found Sunday as the country battles a third wave of infections.