Tokyo Olympics : IOC's Coates and Tokyo 2020 president Hashimoto tour gymnastics venue

IOC Coordination Commission Chair John Coates and Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto toured the Ariake Gymnastics Center in Tokyo on Wednesday. Coates arrived in Japan a week ago and the visit was part of a day events marking one month until the Opening Ceremonies of the delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics Opposition among Japanese to holding the Games in July remains high, though may be softening, and as new infections in Tokyo have begun to subside. Tokyo has just emerged from a state of emergency as a curve of new cases flattened and the capital and other areas are now under "quasi-emergency" status until July 11.