Published 2020 – shortly after Games Postponement Decision.
Kyodo News – syndicated throughout Japanese Media.
The sheer complexity of moving the Olympic Games back a whole year is mind-boggling and gives the IOC and the Japanese organizers the mother of all headaches. It has many consequences: the knock-on effect on the global sports calendar, the renegotiation of hundreds of venue contracts, the management of millions of tickets already sold; seven years of planning have been brought to an abrupt halt. The operational challenge ahead is so daunting, it is difficult to know where to start.