Why the IOC and Japan agreed to postpone the 2020 Olympics www.latimes.com

“This was a big worry for me, personally,” IOC President Thomas Bach said.
IOC leaders acknowledge they had been focused on Japan, where the government was taking measures to contain the outbreak.
IOC officials informed the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee that they had arranged for a teleconference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
“We would like to propose to take a decision on the postponement of the Games,” Bach told the organizers.
“I confirmed with President Bach that there will be no cancellation,” Abe said, the Kyodo News reported.