Petition to cancel Olympics submitted in Tokyo
14 May 2021 |
10:24 am
Campaigner Kenji Utsunomiya submits a petition to cancel the Tokyo Olympics with more than 351,000 signatures to the city's governor, urging officials to "prioritise life". The online petition titled "Cancel the Tokyo Olympics to protect our lives" was launched earlier this month, and gathered signatures faster than any previous petition on Change.org's platform in Japan.
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