86% in Japan fear COVID rebound if Tokyo Olympics held: Kyodo poll

Around 86 percent of people in Japan are concerned about a rebound in COVID-19 cases if the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are staged this summer, a Kyodo News poll showed Sunday.The two-day nationwide survey conducted from Saturday found that 40.3 percent believe the Summer Games should be held without spectators and 30.8 percent think they should be canceled.The results demonstrate the scale of the public's doubts about holding a major global event during a pandemic, around a month before the opening of the Olympics, with 68 percent also viewing the Japanese government's vaccine rollout a…READ FULL ARTICLE