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epa08314598 Tokyo Olympic Games Committee President Yoshiro Mori (C) and Committee CEO Toshiro Muto (R) arrive at a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, 23 March 2020. Yoshiro Mori reacted after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it is considering the possibility of postponement for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics amid the coronavirus pandemic. Yoshiro Mori said the committee will decide in the coming days whether the torch relay shall start as scheduled on 26 March and hinted that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wouldn't attend to the torch relay ceremony in Fukushima Prefecture. EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON