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Asahi daily, an official Tokyo Olympics partner, urges Games cancellation

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese newspaper publisher Asahi Shimbun, an official partner of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, called for the Summer Games to be cancelled in an editorial on Wednesday, citing risks to public safety and strains on the medical system from the COVID-19 pandemic. Doctors’ associations have protested holding the Games, investors have talked up the benefits of shelving them https://www.reuters.com/article/japan-stocks-olympics-idUSL3N2NB1LS, and maverick businessmen such as Masayoshi Son have called for cancelling the games. “We ask Prime Minister (Yoshihide) Suga to calmly and objectively assess the situation and decide on the cancellation of the event this summer,” said the paper, a left-leaning daily often critical of Suga’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party.