The International Olympic Committee is beginning discussions about postponing the 2020 Olympic Games, set to be held in Tokyo, Japan this summer
.to athletes released Sunday by IOC president Thomas Bach, the executive said that the committee was beginning discussions with the Tokyo organizing committee, Japanese authorities, the national Olympic committees, and other stakeholders about the situation.
However, "cancellation would not solve any problem and would help nobody," Bach wrote. "Therefore it is not on our agenda."
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