2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Officially Postponed to Next Year

The 2020 Summer Olympics have been officially pushed to 2021.

The games were originally slated to kick off on July 24th in Tokyo, Japan but will not be hosted this year due to the current world health crisis.

Prime Minister Abe Shinzo confirmed the news, revealing that he proposed a one year postponement, which was accepted by the International Olympic Committee.

“I proposed to postpone for about a year and (IOC) president [Thomas] Bach responded with 100% agreement,” the Prime Minister said in a statement.

The announcement comes just days after both Canada and Australia said they would not send athletes to the games if they were still held in 2020.