International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach said Tuesday that Tokyo is the "best-ever prepared" Olympic host city despite difficult circumstances stemming from the coronavirus pandemic.

"The Japanese people can have confidence in all the efforts we are undertaking to make these games for them secure and safe, with all the intensive, most strict COVID countermeasures," Bach added at a meeting with the games organizing committee held 10 days before the opening ceremony.

Bach arrived in Tokyo last Thursday for the Olympics that will open on July 23 following a one-year postponement.