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FILE - In this May 4, 2019, file photo, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaks at the Australian Olympic Committee annual general meeting in Sydney, Australia. During an interview with a German newspaper Sunday, April 12, 2020, Bach says the International Olympic Committee will face “several hundred million dollars”of added costs because of the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics until next year. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Delay costs IOC ‘several hundred million’; Japan pays rest

by Stephen Wade Associated PressApril 13, 2020April 13, 2020

FILE - In this June 11, 2019, file photo, Toshiro Muto, CEO of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics organizing committee, listens to questions from the media during a news conference in Tokyo. As the virus spreads Muto acknowledged he can't guarantee the games can go forward next year. The Olympics were postponed last month with a new opening just under 16 months away. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Tokyo Olympic CEO hints games could be in doubt even in 2021

by Stephen Wade Associated PressApril 10, 2020April 10, 2020

FILE - In this March 24, 2020, file photo, people take pictures with the Olympic Flame during a ceremony in Fukushima City, Japan. The Olympic flame has been removed from public display in Japan, and it's not clear when it will reappear again or where. The flame arrived in Japan from Greece on March 26. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Tokyo Olympic flame taken off display; next stop unclear

by Stephen Wade Associated PressApril 8, 2020April 8, 2020

FILE - In this March 23, 2020, file photo, a worker walks through the athletes village for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, in Tokyo. Tokyo’s governor is considering the possibility of using the unfinished Olympic Athletes Village as a temporary hospital for coronavirus infected patients. The massive village on Tokyo Bay could house up to 18,000 people during the Olympics. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Athletes Village for Olympics could house virus patients

by Yuri Kageyama Associated Press, and Stephen Wade Associated PressApril 3, 2020April 3, 2020

A countdown clock displays the remaining days until the new start date for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Tokyo. The Tokyo Olympics will open next year in the same time slot scheduled for this year's games. Tokyo organizers said Monday the opening ceremony will take place on July 23, 2021.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

The countdown clock is clicking again for the Tokyo Olympics

by Stephen Wade Associated PressMarch 31, 2020March 31, 2020

FILE - In this March 20, 2020, file photo, Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori carries the Olympic flame during the Flame Arrival Ceremony at Japan Air Self-Defense Force Matsushima Base in Higashimatsushima in Miyagi Prefecture, north of Tokyo. Tokyo Olympic organizers seem to be leaning away from starting the rescheduled games in the spring of 2021. More and more the signs point toward the summer of 2021. Organizing committee President Mori suggested there would be no major change from 2020. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Tokyo Olympics: Signs suggest summer dates in 2021 for games

by Stephen Wade Associated PressMarch 29, 2020

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori arrives for the first meeting of the “Tokyo 2020 New Launch Task Force” in Tokyo, Thursday, two days after the unprecedented postponement was announced due to the spreading coronavirus.

Tokyo Olympics: Looking for a new date for opening, closing

by Stephen Wade Associated PressMarch 26, 2020March 26, 2020

Officials light a lantern from the Olympic Flame at the end of a flame display ceremony in Iwaki, Japan, Wednesday. IOC President Thomas Bach has agreed "100%" to a proposal of postponing the Tokyo Olympics for about one year until 2021 because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Tokyo’s delayed Olympics: Who pays bills for another year?

by Stephen Wade Associated PressMarch 25, 2020March 25, 2020

The Olympic Rings are displayed at the entrance of the International Olympic Committee headquarters during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday.

On hold: Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021

by Eddie Pells Associated Press, Stephen Wade Associated Press, and Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressMarch 24, 2020March 24, 2020

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a parliamentary session in Tokyo Monday, March 23, 2020. Abe said a postponement of Tokyo Olympics would be unavoidable if the games cannot be held in a complete way because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Yoshitaka Sugawara/Kyodo News via AP)

Tokyo Olympics seem sure to happen – but in 2021, not 2020

by Stephen Wade Associated Press, and Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressMarch 23, 2020March 23, 2020