- ARAB NEWS
- 01 May 2025
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TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister SUGA Yoshihide on Tuesday expressed his determination to hold the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, scheduled this summer, in phone talks with Microsoft Corp. co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates.
The Olympics and Paralympics have been postponed by one year from 2020 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
In the phone talks, Suga and Gates exchanged opinions over the virus crisis.
Gates said that holding the Tokyo Games successfully would send a strong message to the world. In response, Suga said that Japan will definitely stage the events.
The two also agreed on the importance of distributing sufficient coronavirus vaccines to developing countries.
Gates, who co-chairs the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a charity group, has been providing large amounts of money for measures against the new coronavirus.
JIJI Press
