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Newshour: 01/06/2021 13:06 GMT: Olympic athletes start to arrive in Japan

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Athletes arrive in Japan amid concern over Olympic Games

01/06/2021 13:06 GMT

01/06/2021 13:06 GMT: Olympic athletes start to arrive in Japan

Olympic athletes start to arrive in Japan

BBC World Service - Newshour, Olympic athletes start to arrive in Japan

The first international athletes have arrived in Japan for the Olympic Games

The first international athletes arrive in Japan for the Tokyo Olympics, postponed from a year ago because of Covid.

The first international athletes have arrived in Japan for the Tokyo Olympics - which are due to open on July the 23rd after being postponed last year. Public opinion remains firmly against holding the games and many doctors think it's a bad idea.


Also in the programme: Martin Griffiths, the UN's outgoing Special Envoy to Yemen, tells us about his latest efforts to mediate a ceasefire; Malaysia has gone into total lockdown to combat Covid-19; and can Vietnam repeat its earlier success in containing the virus with more infectious variants now causing a surge?


(Image: The Australian women’s softball team is the first squad to arrive in Japan some 50 days before the Tokyo Olympics, June 1st 2021 / Credit: EPA Wires)

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