According to a report in The Guardian, Toshiro Muto, chairman of the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, admitted that there is no guarantee that the postponed Olympics will be held in July 2021.

In March, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and IOC President Thomas Bach agreed to postpone the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Muto, however, suggests that it is too early to know whether the pandemic will be contained by then.

"I don't think anyone knows whether we will be able to control [the pandemic] by next July. We are not in a position to give a definite answer," Muto said in a Guardian report.

"We have made the decision to postpone the convention for a year. So all we can do is work hard to prepare for the convention. We sincerely hope that next year humanity will overcome the coronavirus crisis."

Earlier this week, it was reported that Wimbledon, the British Open, and other tournaments that were cancelled due to the coronavirus will receive insurance payments that partially cover their losses because they had pandemic-related insurance.

Muto also stated that he was not sure if the insurance taken out by the Tokyo Organizing Committee would cover the losses caused by this pandemic. 11]

"Tokyo 2020 has several insurance policies, but it is not yet clear whether the postponement of the Games would qualify as a covered event."

Meanwhile, according to AP News, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has been considering and discussing the possibility of occupying the Olympic Village building with patients being treated for COVID-19 symptoms. The vacant building would have housed approximately 11,000 athletes and staff during the Olympics and 4,400 during the Paralympics.