Minisitiri w’Intebe mushya w’u Buyapani Yoshihide Suga, yatangaje ko u Buyapani bwiyemeje kizakira imikino ya Olempike ikazabera i Tokyo mu mwaka wa 2021.
Yagize ati “U Buyapani bwiyemeje kuzakira imikino ya Olempike na Paralempike i Tokyo. Iyi mikino izaba ari ikimenyetso cy’uko ikiremwamuntu cyatsinze icyorezo cya Covid-19”. Yakomeje agira ati “Ubu ngiye kubika imbaraga muri jyewe, kugira ngo nzabashe kubakira mu mikino. Mbijeje ko iyi mikino izategurwa mu mutekano wose.”
Abategura imikino ya Olempike ya Tokyo, ndetse na Komite mpuzamahanga y’imikino Olempike, bavuze ko bamaze kugira icyizere ko iyi mikino yategurwa kandi ikaba umwaka utaha. Ibi ngo birashoboka, urukingo rwa Covid-19 rwaba rwabonetse cyangwa rutabonetse.
Ku wa kabiri tariki 28 Mata 2020, Perezida w’itsinda rishinzwe gutegura iyi mikino mu Buyapani bwana Yoshiro Mori, yari yatangaje ko iyi mikino u Buyapani butazayakira, niba icyorezo cya Covid-19 kitarangiye mu mwaka wa 2021. Mu kiganiro yagiranye n’ikinyamakuru Quotidien Sportif Nikkan, Bwana Yoshiro yavuze ko bikunze umwaka utaha wa 2021, imikino yakorwa ariko abantu badashyizwe mu kaga, kuko mbere ya byose bagomba kurinda ikiremwamuntu.
Yagize ati: “Niba iki cyorezo kitarangiye mu mwaka wa 2021, iyi mikino tuzahita tuyireka burundu. Ntabwo twakongera kuyimura bwa kabiri, ngo igere mu mwaka wa 2022.”
Imikino ya Olempike yari imenyerewe ko iba buri myaka ine, ikaba iba mu mwaka utari igiharwe. Uyu mwaka wa 2020, iyi mikino yagombaga kubera i Tokyo mu Buyapani, yiswe, “Les Jeux Olympiques de Tokyo 2020” yarasubitswe bitewe n’icyorezo cya Covid-19. Yavanywe ku matariki ya 24 Nyakanga 2020 – 09 Kanama 2020, ishyirwa mu mwaka wa 2021, ku matariki ya 23 Nyakanga 2021 kugeza tariki 08 Kanama 2021.
