(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 9, 2020 the New Tokyo Stadium, the main venue for the 2020 Olympic Games, is pictured from a viewing area in Tokyo. - Japan has asked for a one-year postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Games over the global coronavirus pandemic, and the International Olympic Committee has agreed, the country's prime minister said on March 24, 2020. "I proposed to postpone for about a year and president Bach responded with 100 percent agreement," Shinzo Abe told reporters referring to Thomas Bach, head of the IOC. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)