File of Olympic venues as Japan's COVID-19 emergency continues, cancellation calls mount

STORY: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizers will hold a news conference on Friday (May 21), wrapping up the three-day virtual IOC Coordination Commission meeting amid increasing calls from the Japanese public to cancel the games.

IOC President Thomas Bach reiterated the committee's stance to deliver a safe Olympic Games during the opening remarks on Wednesday (May 19), saying he believes 80 percent of residents of the Olympic Village would be vaccinated or booked for vaccinations ahead of the Games.

The meeting comes as a state of emergency has been imposed in much of Japan until the end of the month to counter a spike in infections that has resulted in a shortage of medical staff and hospital beds in some areas. Another prefecture, southernmost Okinawa, is likely to be added to the areas under emergency.

Nearly 70% of Japanese firms want the Tokyo Olympics either canceled or postponed, a survey conducted May 6-17 found, underscoring concerns that the Games will increase coronavirus infections at a time when the medical system is under heavy strain.

The Tokyo Games is scheduled to start from July 23.

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. INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) PRESIDENT JACQUES ROGGE ANNOUNCING TOKYO AS THE HOST CITY FOR 2020 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES

2. TOKYO 2020 BID TEAM CELEBRATING

3. VARIOUS OF JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE AMONG THOSE CELEBRATING
4. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CELEBRATING TOKYO BEING AWARDED 2020 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES
5. FIRST TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES LOGOS BEING UNVEILED BEFORE THEY WERE SCRAPPED OVER ACCUSATIONS OF PLAGIARISM
6. TOKYO 2020 EMBLEMS SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBER AND BASEBALL LEGEND, SADAHARU OH (LEFT), AND CHAIRMAN OF TOKYO 2020 EMBLEMS SELECTION COMMITTEE, RYOHEI MIYATA, HOLDING FINAL LOGO DESIGN'S EMBLEMS
7. VARIOUS OF TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC MASCOTS, MIRAITOWA AND SOMEITY, BEING UNVEILED
8. TOKYO 2020 PICTOGRAMS BEING UNVEILED BY SCHOOL CHILDREN ON STAGE

9. VARIOUS OF PICTOGRAMS BEING HELD UP BY SCHOOL CHILDREN

10. TOKYO 2020 POSTER ON WALL
11. VARIOUS OF TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC ATHLETES' VILLAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
12. VARIOUS OF TOKYO 2020 OLYMPICS MEDALS ON DISPLAY
13. OLYMPIC RINGS MONUMENT LIGHTING UP IN FRONT OF RAINBOW BRIDGE TO MARK PREVIOUS SIX MONTHS TO GO MARK

14. OLYMPIC RINGS / FIREWORKS STARTING

15. FIREWORKS DISPLAY

HAMURA, JAPAN (FILE - FEBRUARY 15, 2020)

16. SECURITY PERSONNEL AND TRUCK CLEARING ROADS FOR TORCH RELAY REHEARSAL

17. JAPANESE ACTRESS SATOMI ISHIHARA, CARRYING UNLIT OLYMPIC TORCH, JOGGING AND BEING ESCORTED BY SECURITY DURING TORCH RELAY REHEARSAL

FUKUSHIMA, JAPAN (FILE - MARCH 24, 2020

18. GIRL LIGHTING CAULDRON WITH FLAME / FLAME IN CAULDRON

19. CROWD OF PEOPLE GATHERING, TAKING PHOTOS OF FLAME IN CAULDRON

TOKYO, JAPAN (FILE - MARCH 24, 2020) (JAPAN POOL - NO USE JAPAN)

20. JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE

21. (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER, SHINZO ABE, SAYING:

"I got an answer from President Bach that he agreed 100 percent. We agreed that we would hold the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics by the summer of 2021."

TOKYO, JAPAN (FILE - OCTOBER 21, 2020)

22. SOCIAL DISTANCING SIGNS ON GROUND AS PEOPLE QUEUE DURING TRIAL OF SECURITY AND COVID-19 COUNTERMEASURES

23. VARIOUS OF OFFICIALS CHECKING TEMPERATURE OF VOLUNTEERS PASSING THROUGH TESTING

24. VARIOUS OF VOLUNTEER TRYING TO ENTER SITE WITHOUT WEARING A MASK AND BEING TOLD TO PUT A MASK ON BY VOLUNTEER HOLDING SIGN FEATURING GRAPHIC OF MASK

25. VOLUNTEER WEARING MASK AND LOOKING ON

26. VARIOUS OF VOLUNTEERS PASSING THROUGH TEMPERATURE CHECKS

TOKYO, JAPAN (FILE - OCTOBER 24, 2020)

27. VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF AQUATICS CENTRE

28. INTERIOR OF AQUATICS CENTRE

29. VARIOUS OF SWIMMING DEMONSTRATION UNDERWAY

TOKYO, JAPAN (FILE - NOVEMBER 6, 2020)

30. VARIOUS OF NATIONAL STADIUM

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