The clock is always ticking at the same speed.
But with exactly two years left until the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Shunichi Suzuki might feel the hands on his watch are starting to move faster as he shoulders the heavy responsibility of running the global sporting extravaganza and making sure it goes off without a hitch.
In a recent exclusive interview with The Japan Times, the minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games said the hosts would enter an "executing phase" with 2020 drawing near.