China News Service, March 30. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), a number of relevant persons in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said that the International Olympic Committee and Japan have reached an agreement on the postponed Tokyo Olympics schedule. According to the new schedule, The Tokyo Olympics will begin on July 23, 2021.

It is reported that the Tokyo Paralympic Games is scheduled to open on August 24, 2021.

On March 24, 2020, in view of the current situation of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee issued a joint statement announcing that the Tokyo Olympics would be rescheduled to 2020, but no later than the summer of 2021.