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There are now new questions that some athletes, whose bans prevented them from competing in the Tokyo Olympics, will have the opportunity to do so due to the change in dates.
The 2021 World Athletics Championships are certain to be postponed after organisers said they would shift the event to accommodate the rescheduled Olympics.
It is the first time in the Olympics' 124-year history that they had been postponed, though they were cancelled outright several times during the two 20th century World Wars.
The International Olympic Committee has decided to delay the event likely for a year, according to its member Dick Pound.
The International Olympic Committee said on Sunday after an emergency meeting that it is stepping up its "scenario planning" for the 2020 Games due to start on July 24, including a possible postponement.
The options, which include scaling back the Games or holding them without spectators, would be debated by the organising committee at the end of March, the official said.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the government would continue with preparations to hold the July 24 to August 9 Games as scheduled, working closely with organisations like the International Olympic Committee.
The incentives could take the form of a 100 per cent write-off of expenses on structures, equipment, R&D and intellectual property.
With less than five months to go until the scheduled start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on July 24, questions have been raised as to whether the Games can go ahead.
Greece on Friday cancelled the remainder of the domestic Olympic torch relay through the country to avoid attracting crowds a day after the Tokyo Games flame was lit in ancient Olympia.