TOKYO โ The IOC and Tokyo Olympic organizers have been shouting the message for months now, that despite the continuing pandemic, the Games will open on July 23, 2021.
Bach was also asked last week whether he was going to Tokyo to talk about contingencies for canceling the Olympics.
Bach is travelling on a private charter and will meet new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday morning.
An hour later heโs with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, and then holds a media conference with Tokyo organizing committee President Yoshiro Mori, another former prime minister.
The IOC president has has called Tokyo the best prepared Olympics in history, a point he's likely to repeat.