Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike wears a mask at the photo session of the Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay, in Tokyo, Japan July 9, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

Aki Taguchi, Official Ambassador of the Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay, receives assistance from Shuzo Matsuoka, Tokyo's first torchbearer, as she hands the Olympic torch lantern to Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike, in Tokyo, Japan July 9, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

Empty spectator seats are seen in the background as Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike arrives at the Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay, in Tokyo, Japan July 9, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike arrives at the Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay, in Tokyo, Japan July 9, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

Shuzo Matsuoka, Tokyo?s first torchbearer, carries the Olympic torch lantern as Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike and Aki Taguchi, Official Ambassador of the Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay, wave onstage in Tokyo, Japan July 9, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike and Aki Taguchi, Official Ambassador of the Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay, react onstage as Shuzo Matsuoka, Tokyo?s first torchbearer, carries the Olympic torch lantern in Tokyo, Japan July 9, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike and Aki Taguchi, Official Ambassador of the Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay, applaud as Shuzo Matsuoka, Tokyo?s first torchbearer, leaves the stage carrying the Olympic torch lantern in Tokyo, Japan July 9, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

Shuzo Matsuoka, Tokyo?s first torchbearer, exchange greetings with Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike before he leaves the stage with the Olympic torch lantern at the Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay, in Tokyo, Japan July 9, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike holds the Olympic torch lantern at the Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay, in Tokyo, Japan July 9, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike holds the Olympic torch lantern at the Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay, in Tokyo, Japan July 9, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike receives the Olympic torch lantern from Aki Taguchi, Official Ambassador of the Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay, as Shuzo Matsuoka, Tokyo?s first torchbearer, looks on in Tokyo, Japan July 9, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike receives the Olympic torch lantern from Aki Taguchi, Official Ambassador of the Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay, in Tokyo, Japan July 9, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike speaks on screen during the five-party meeting in Tokyo, Japan July 8, 2021. Behrouz Mehri/Pool via REUTERS 

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike (both on screen), Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto and Tokyo Olympics Minister Tamayo Marukawa attend the five-party meeting in Tokyo, Japan July 8, 2021. Behrouz Mehri/Pool via REUTERS 

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike (both on screen), and Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto attend the five-party meeting in Tokyo, Japan July 8, 2021. Behrouz Mehri/Pool via REUTERS 

Japanese surf pioneer Teruo 'Ted' Adegawa (78), sitting with his wife, Yuriko (79), shows off his old photographs at his home in Isumi, southeast of Tokyo, Japan, June 30, 2021. Picture taken June 30, 2021. REUTERS/Androniki Christodoulou 

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike (on a screen) and Tamayo Marukawa Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, speak during a five-party meeting at Harumi Island Triton Square Tower Y in Tokyo, Japan June 21, 2021. Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool via REUTERS 

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike inspects a vaccination of COVID-19 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government office in Tokyo as Tokyo Metropolitan Government started vaccination for the persons involved in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Japan June 18, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS 

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike inspects a vaccination of COVID-19 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government office in Tokyo as Tokyo Metropolitan Government started vaccination for the persons involved in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Japan June 18, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS 

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike inspects a vaccination of COVID-19 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government office in Tokyo as Tokyo Metropolitan Government started vaccination for the persons involved in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Japan June 18, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS 

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike speaks on a screen, as Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organising Committee President Seiko Hashimoto listens on, at a meeting of the IOC Coordination Commission for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, in Tokyo, Japan, May 19, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/POOL via REUTERS 

Officials including Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike (4th L), Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto (5th L), Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Minister Tamayo Marukawa (6th L), Japan Paralympic Committee Chairman Mitsunori Torihara (7th L), Japanese Kabuki actor Ebizo Ichikawa and official mascot for the 2020 Paralympic Games Someity attend a photo session during a ceremony to mark 100 days until the opening of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games that have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Tokyo, Japan May 16, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato/Pool 

Japan Paralympic Committee Chairman Mitsunori Torihara delivers a speech while Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto (R) and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike (L) listen, during a ceremony to mark 100 days until the opening of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games that have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Tokyo, Japan May 16, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato/Pool 

(L-R) Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto, Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Minister Tamayo Marukawa and Japan Paralympic Committee Chairman Mitsunori Torihara pose for a photograph during a photo session as the symbol of the Paralympic Games called three 'agitos' is displayed on a screen during a ceremony to mark 100 days until the opening of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games that have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Tokyo, Japan May 16, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato/Pool 

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike delivers a speech during a ceremony to mark 100 days until the opening of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games that have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Tokyo, Japan May 16, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato/Pool 

Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto delivers a speech while Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike (L) looks on, during a ceremony to mark 100 days until the opening of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games that have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Tokyo, Japan May 16, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato/Pool 

Lawyer Kenji Utsunomiya shows off placards during a news conference after he and anti-Olympics petition organizer to submit a petition calling for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to be cancelled to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike (not in picture) at the Tokyo Metropolitan Office press club in Tokyo, Japan May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Naoki Ogura 

Lawyer Kenji Utsunomiya shows off a placard during a news conference after he and anti-Olympics petition organizer to submit a petition calling for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to be cancelled to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike (not in picture) at the Tokyo Metropolitan Office press club in Tokyo, Japan May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Naoki Ogura 

Lawyer Kenji Utsunomiya shows off placards as he attends a news conference after he and anti-Olympics petition organizer to submit a petition calling for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to be cancelled to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike (not in picture) at the Tokyo Metropolitan Office press club in Tokyo, Japan May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Naoki Ogura 

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach (on a screen) delivers an opening speech while Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto (R) and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike (L) listen during a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, April 28, 2021. Franck Robichon/Pool via REUTERS 

Tokyo Govenor Yuriko Koike adjusts her scarf prior to unveiling the statues of Miraitowa and Someity, the official mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, at an event marking 100 days before the start of the Olympic Games, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building, in Tokyo, Japan, April 14, 2021. Eugene Hoshiko/Pool via REUTERS 

From L-R: Japan Olympic Committee president Yasuhiro Yamashita, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, Tokyo 2020 organizing committee Vice-president Toshiaki Endo, Ryoichi Ishikawa, Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly President, and Kunihiko Koyama, Chairperson of special committee on measures to promote The Olympic and Paralympic Games of Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly pose with the unveiled statues of Miraitowa, left, and Someity, right, the official mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, are unveiled, marking 100 days before the start of the Olympic Games, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building, in Tokyo, Japan, April 14, 2021. Eugene Hoshiko/Pool via REUTERS 

Tokyo Govenor Yuriko Koike, stands next to the statue of Miraitowa one or the official mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, at an unveiling event, marking 100 days before the start of the Olympic Games, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building, in Tokyo, Japan, April 14, 2021./Eugene Hoshiko/Pool via REUTERS 

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, left, and Tokyo 2020 organising committee Vice-president Toshiaki Endo, right, speak during the unveiling event for the statues of Miraitowa and Someity, the official mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, as they mark 100 days before the start of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building, in Tokyo, Japan, April 14, 2021./Eugene Hoshiko/Pool via REUTERS 

Tokyo's governor Yuriko Koike and Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto wear face masks as they attend the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay Grand Start in Naraha, Fukushima prefecture, Japan March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool 

Tokyo's governor Yuriko Koike and Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto wear face masks as they attend the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay Grand Start in Naraha, Fukushima prefecture, Japan March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool 

Tokyo's governor Yuriko Koike delivers a speech during the Grand Start of the Olympic Torch Relay in Naraha, Fukushima prefecture, Japan March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool 

Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa speaks after a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto in Tokyo, Japan March 20, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS 

Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa speaks after a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto in Tokyo, Japan March 20, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS 

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto speaks after a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa in Tokyo, Japan March 20, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS 

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto leaves a press conference after a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa in Tokyo, Japan March 20, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS 

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto speaks after a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa in Tokyo, Japan March 20, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS 

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto speaks after a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa in Tokyo, Japan March 20, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS 

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto speaks after a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa in Tokyo, Japan March 20, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS 

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on a screen delivers a speech while Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto (L) and Japanese Olympic minister Tamayo Marukawa (R) listen to at a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons and International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach in Tokyo, Japan March 20, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS 

Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa delivers a speech at a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto in Tokyo, Japan March 20, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS 

Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa (R) delivers a speech while Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto (L) listens to at a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach in Tokyo, Japan March 20, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS 

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto delivers a speech International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach on a screen delivers an opening speech at a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Olympic Committee (IOC) ptresident Thomas Bach, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa in Tokyo, Japan March 20, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS 

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto delivers a speech while International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach (C), Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on a screen (L) on a screen Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa listen to at a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons in Tokyo, Japan March 20, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS 

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on a screen delivers a speech while Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto listens to at a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach and Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa in Tokyo, Japan March 20, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS 

International Paralympic Committee (IOC) president Andrew Parsons on a screen delivers an opening speech while Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto listens to at a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa in Tokyo, Japan March 20, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS 

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach on a screen delivers an opening speech while Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto (C), Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike (L) and Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa (R) listen, at a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons in Tokyo, Japan March 20, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS 

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach (on a screen) delivers an opening speech while Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike (on left screen) listen, at a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa in Tokyo, Japan March 20, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS 

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach (on a screen) delivers an opening speech while Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto listens, at a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa in Tokyo, Japan March 20, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS 

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach (on a screen) delivers an opening speech while Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto listens, at a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa in Tokyo, Japan March 20, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS 

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach (on a screen) delivers an opening speech while Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto listens, at a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa in Tokyo, Japan March 20, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS 

Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee President Seiko Hashimoto, Japan's Olympics Minister Tamayo Marukawa, IPC President Andrew Parsons, IOC President Thomas Bach and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike hold the five-party meeting at the Tokyo 2020 headquarters in Tokyo, Japan March 3, 2021. Du Xiaoyi/Pool via REUTERS 

Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee President Seiko Hashimoto, Japan's Olympics Minister Tamayo Marukawa, IPC President Andrew Parsons, IOC President Thomas Bach and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike hold the five-party meeting at the Tokyo 2020 headquarters in Tokyo, Japan March 3, 2021. Du Xiaoyi/Pool via REUTERS 

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike speaks via teleconference during the five-party meeting at the Tokyo 2020 headquarters in Tokyo, Japan March 3, 2021. Du Xiaoyi/Pool via REUTERS 

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike arrives for a news conference about the city's response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon