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The countdown to the Tokyo Olympics, enters its final six months this Saturday but organizes a facing mounting pressure and public opposition at home.
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Japan seen a severe spike in coronavirus cases and recently declared a state of emergency in Tokyo and major cities.
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And with 15,000 athletes and their entourages coming from all over the world, one virus expert from Kobe University, Kentaro Iwata, says it's not worth the risk.
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Is it like a attitude?
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Bad gambler?
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Uh, you know the the gambler who are losing the money.
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Good just to pour the money, Thio, uh, get it back.
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But it's a really usually a bad attitude and usually say, keep losing money and president In What a rose to fame with videos in early 2020 criticizing Japan's approach to quarantining the Diamond Princess, a cruise ship that was stricken with covert 19 before it became a global pandemic.
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He thinks holding the games is not a solution.
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But organizers say postponing the games again for a second time is off the table, meaning cancelation or going ahead as planned are the only options, and calling it quits would be costly.
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Over $15 billion has been poured into these Olympics.
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It water also points to Japan's response to the most recent surge, which he says was slow the last couple of months.
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Japan's response was completely failure, I have to say, because, uh, there was a enough chance off suppressing the spread of viral infection last year during the so called second Way.
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For now, Prime Minister Yoshihiro Suda has said that the government is preparing as planned and organizes say they may cut back on Spectators, athletes and even the events themselves.
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They also say a decision on whether Spectators can even enter venues may come by February or March.
