Tokyo Games could still be cancelled, admits senior Japanese government member

A countdown clock in Tokyo on Wednesday shows 100 days to go until the Games (Koji Sasahara/AP)

The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games should be cancelled if the coronavirus pandemic makes it impossible to host them safely, a senior member of the Japanese government has said.

Toshihiro Nikai, part of the country’s ruling Liberal Democratic party, raised the possibility of the Games being abandoned less than 100 days before the scheduled July 23 start date.