From countdown to counting on hope, Tokyo plans anew for Games
TOKYO-Japan set about the unprecedented task of reorganizing the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics on Wednesday after making the tough decision to postpone the Games by a year as the coronavirus pandemic locks down one third of the planet.
The dramatic step to shift the Olympics, never before seen in peacetime, upends every aspect of organization for the event-including venues, security, ticketing and accommodation.
In a move symbolic of the difficulties now facing Tokyo, Olympic countdown clocks in the city switched from displaying the number of days to go to simply showing today's date and the time.