An executive board member of the Tokyo Games organizing committee said Friday a decision on whether to go ahead with the postponed Summer Olympics and Paralympics should be made no earlier than next spring.
Toshiaki Endo, one of the vice presidents of the organizing committee, said it was important to monitor the coronavirus situation and assess its potential impact on the games.
"Selecting athletes by around next March will be a major challenge. The organizing committee will need to make some kind of a decision considering the situation at that time," Endo, a lawmaker and former Olympic minister, said at a meeting of his Liberal Democratic Party.