Polls reveal more than 80% of Japanese public think Tokyo Olympics won't or shouldn't go ahead

More than 80% of people in Japan who were surveyed in two polls in the last few days say the Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled or postponed, or say they believe the Olympics will not take place.

The polls were conducted by the Japanese news agency Kyodo and TBS — the Tokyo Broadcasting System.

The results are bad news for Tokyo organisers and the International Olympic Committee as they continue to say the postponed Olympics will open on July 23rd .

Tokyo is battling a surge of COVID-19 cases that prompted the national government last week to call a state of emergency.

In declaring the emergency, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said he was confident the Olympics would be held.

[Source: TV NZ / AP]