27-03-2020 02:51 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Weeks of anguish and a 'black box' - Inside Tokyo's decision to delay the Olympics

TOKYO/LAUSANNE (Reuters) - Officials in charge of staging Tokyo's Olympic Games crowded around a low table inside Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's residence late Tuesday, wincing as they spoke by phone with the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).Minutes later, Abe emerged to inform a gaggle of reporters that he had just spoken with Thomas Bach, the IOC's president, and that they had agreed to officially delay the Tokyo Olympics.The evening call between Abe and Bach concluded days and w
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