New roadmap for postponed Tokyo Olympic Games is likely to be unveiled by May 2020

Organizers said on Thursday after a teleconference with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), A new roadmap for the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games is likely to be made by May 2020.

"The details of planning for the Olympics in 2021 are being examined this month with a view to establishing a new roadmap for the Games by May 2020," said Tokyo 2020 in a statement, adding that it will help "align resources and priorities accordingly."

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meeting was attended by IOC Coordination Commission Chair John Coates and Olympic Games Executive Director Christophe Dubi, Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori and CEO Toshiro Muto, reports Xinhua news agency.

Coates said after the meeting, "We believe that the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 can stand as a beacon of hope to the world during these troubled times, and that the Olympic flame can be the light at the end of the tunnel in which the world finds itself at present."