CNN: Japan Is Now Open to Possibility of Delaying 2020 Olympics

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Checked out ░░░░░░░░ learning he attended an ░░░░░░░░ with two people who ░░░░░░░░ positive Well Canada has ░░░░░░░░ they will not send ░░░░░░░░ to compete in the ░░░░░░░░ summer Olympics in Tokyo ░░░░░░░░ Australia is telling their ░░░░░░░░ to plan on competing ░░░░░░░░ 2021 All of this ░░░░░░░░ as Japan admits that ░░░░░░░░ 2020 games may be ░░░░░░░░ Japanese prime minister Shinzo ░░░░░░░░ has had a staunch ░░░░░░░░ that the Olympics should ░░░░░░░░ on schedule But now ░░░░░░░░ international olympic committee is ░░░░░░░░ rescheduling the games And ░░░░░░░░ more I m joined ░░░░░░░░ CNN Will Ripley in ░░░░░░░░ Will of course the ░░░░░░░░ prime minister had stood ░░░░░░░░ you remember for a ░░░░░░░░ that he was not ░░░░░░░░ to change anything But ░░░░░░░░ s starting to rethink ░░░░░░░░ of that reporter Yeah ░░░░░░░░ think a lot of ░░░░░░░░ are saying it s ░░░░░░░░ time rosemary Japanese officials ░░░░░░░░ increasingly tone deaf especially ░░░░░░░░ recent days as a ░░░░░░░░ of different countries and ░░░░░░░░ organizations including the usa ░░░░░░░░ and field and usa ░░░░░░░░ were calling for the ░░░░░░░░ to be postponed saying ░░░░░░░░ matter what the Coronavirus ░░░░░░░░ is here inside Japan ░░░░░░░░ at the moment it ░░░░░░░░ not as severe as ░░░░░░░░ countries you still have ░░░░░░░░ reality that there are ░░░░░░░░ lot of athletes from ░░░░░░░░ like the U S ░░░░░░░░ Europe who are not ░░░░░░░░ to have time to ░░░░░░░░ train for a July ░░░░░░░░ start So I think ░░░░░░░░ that reality the growing ░░░░░░░░ of calls from around ░░░░░░░░ world has forced Japanese ░░░░░░░░ to think of doing ░░░░░░░░ that would have been ░░░░░░░░ even just a month ░░░░░░░░ which is probably postponing ░░░░░░░░ games When and how ░░░░░░░░ still yet to be ░░░░░░░░ So what are those ░░░░░░░░ look like right now ░░░░░░░░ is Japan dealing with ░░░░░░░░ pandemic We know that ░░░░░░░░ number of cases is ░░░░░░░░ well over a thousand ░░░░░░░░ had its biggest single ░░░░░░░░ jump of deaths reported ░░░░░░░░ 5 new deaths Yes ░░░░░░░░ number of cases is ░░░░░░░░ low here but the ░░░░░░░░ levels are also relatively ░░░░░░░░ I have to say ░░░░░░░░ were people out at ░░░░░░░░ parks this weekend looking ░░░░░░░░ the cherry blossoms just ░░░░░░░░ they were in D ░░░░░░░░ packed just as close ░░░░░░░░ as the beaches in ░░░░░░░░ It is true social ░░░░░░░░ is not really a ░░░░░░░░ here Japanese culture people ░░░░░░░░ t shake hands and ░░░░░░░░ as much There isn ░░░░░░░░ as much physical contact ░░░░░░░░ people were wearing masks ░░░░░░░░ some weren t As ░░░░░░░░ the Olympics this is ░░░░░░░░ to have a huge ░░░░░░░░ impact probably more expensive ░░░░░░░░ are saying to postpone ░░░░░░░░ games than just to ░░░░░░░░ them altogether Japan s ░░░░░░░░ going to be facing ░░░░░░░░ real economic challenge as ░░░░░░░░ result of this Frankly ░░░░░░░░ don t know when ░░░░░░░░ details are going to ░░░░░░░░ announced The ioc is ░░░░░░░░ because it s so ░░░░░░░░ they might have to ░░░░░░░░ up to four weeks ░░░░░░░░ all the stakeholders and ░░░░░░░░ and nights in hotels ░░░░░░░░ that will have to ░░░░░░░░ rearranged It s shaping ░░░░░░░░ to be a mess ░░░░░░░░ the olympic side And ░░░░░░░░ we still don t ░░░░░░░░ if the Coronavirus is ░░░░░░░░ control on the ground ░░░░░░░░ Japan Certainly the economic ░░░░░░░░ is being felt across ░░░░░░░░ globe in so many ░░░░░░░░ ways.