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In this May 21, 2021, file photo, CEO of the Tokyo 2020 Toshiro Muto, left, and President of the Tokyo 2020 Seiko Hashimoto, right, listen to IOC Vice President John Coates, (on screen), delivering a speech during the Tokyo 2020 IOC Coordination Commission press conference in Tokyo. Comments from Coates saying the Tokyo Olympics will go on even if the city is under a state of emergency have stirred a backlash in Japan. Coates made the statement a few days ago. He repeated what the IOC and local organizers have been staying, but his tone was almost defiant and has stirred things up. (Nicolas Datiche/Pool Photo via AP, File) **FILE**

John Coates, IOC vice president, faces backlash saying Olympics are on, no matter virus

By Stephen Wade and Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori, left, and CEO Toshiro Muto, right, attend teleconference with International Olympic Committee member John Coates, who heads the inspection team for Tokyo Olympics, in Tokyo Thursday, April 16, 2020. Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC said Thursday they will cut some of the extras out of next year’s postponed games, an attempt to limit what is expected to be billions of dollars in added expenses.(Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP)

Tokyo Games won’t provide much economic stimulus for Japan

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori, left, speaks in teleconference with John Coates, chairman of the IOC's Coordination Commission for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo Thursday, April 16, 2020. Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC said Thursday they will cut some of the extras out of next year’s postponed games, an attempt to limit what is expected to be billions of dollars in added expenses.(Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP)

Tokyo Olympics could cut ‘extras’ in face of soaring costs

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Q&A: Tokyo Olympics move to 2021; countless questions remain

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

US actor Gerard Butler runs as a torchbearer during the Olympic torch relay of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in the southern Greek town of Sparta, Friday, March 13, 2020. Greece's Olympic committee says it is suspending the rest of its torch relay for the Olympic flame due to the &quot;unexpectedly large crowd&quot; that gathered to watch despite repeated requests for the public to stay away to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

IOC official says no deadline for decision on Olympics

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US actor Gerard Butler runs as a torchbearer during the Olympic torch relay of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in the southern Greek town of Sparta, Friday, March 13, 2020. Greece's Olympic committee says it is suspending the rest of its torch relay for the Olympic flame due to the &quot;unexpectedly large crowd&quot; that gathered to watch despite repeated requests for the public to stay away to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

IOC official says Olympics on track to start on time

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FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2020, file photo, Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), speaks during the 135th Session of the IOC on the sidelines of the the third Winter Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020, at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Hoping to boost morale in Japan by assuring the Tokyo Olympics will be held as scheduled, IOC President Thomas Bach has held a conference call limited to three of Japan's main's media outlets: the newspapers Asahi and Yomiuri, and the national Kyodo news agency. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)

Bach tries to boost Olympic morale in Japan, speaks to media

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

In this Feb. 13, 2020, photo, a boy walks around an information center in Yokohama's Chinatown, near Tokyo. A top Olympic official made clear Friday the 2020 Games in Tokyo will not be cancelled despite the virus that has spread from China. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

No ‘Plan B’ for Olympics; questions over Chinese presence

By STEPHEN WADE and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, file photo, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks to reporters after a meeting with International Olympic Committee officials in Tokyo. The International Olympic Committee abruptly announced two weeks ago it was moving next year’s Olympic marathon from Tokyo to the northern city of Sapporo. The change has infuriated Koike and created a public fight between the powerful, Switzerland-based IOC, and Tokyo which is spending about $25 billion to organize the Olympics - 80% public money. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Tokyo gives in: Olympic marathons head north to Sapporo

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, file photo, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, right, shakes hands with International Olympic Committee member John Coates during their meeting in Tokyo. The IOC abruptly announced two weeks ago it was moving next year’s Olympic marathon from Tokyo to the northern city of Sapporo. Coates, who supervises Tokyo preparations, said the decision was made based on “what we saw in Doha, Qatar.” (Kyodo News via AP)

Q&A: Things to know about feud over Tokyo’s Olympic marathon

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Fertility doc told to provide DNA sample for paternity test

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In this Feb. 12, 2019, photo, cranes continue to work at the construction site of the Olympic Village for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo. An IOC inspection team began a routine tour of venues being built for the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, just days after an international labor union federation derided difficult working conditions at some sites. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

IOC confident Tokyo can resolve complaints over budget cuts

By STEPHEN WADE and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Couple accuses doctor of inseminating woman with his sperm

By LISA RATHKE - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, right, gestures to John Coates, left, chairman of the IOC Coordination Commission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, shake hands prior to an IOC Executive Board meeting Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Tokyo. The IOC said boxing will take place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. But exactly who runs the tournament and the details of qualifying are up in the air because of charges of corruption and malfeasance surrounding the boxing federation that runs the sport at the Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Bach and IOC: No Olympic city ever as ready as Tokyo

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

John Coates, chairman of the IOC Coordination Commission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics leaves from the venue of the IOC and Tokyo 2020 joint press conference Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Threat of typhoons, earthquakes reality for Olympic planning

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

John Coates, left, chairman of the IOC Coordination Commission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics and Tokyo Olympic organizing committee President Yoshiro Mori, right, attend the IOC and Tokyo 2020 joint press conference in Tokyo Thursday, July 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Heat is on Tokyo 2020 organizers to combat high temperatures

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 1968, file photo, Australian silver medalist Peter Norman, left, stands on the podium as Americans Tommie Smith, center, and John Carlos raise their gloved fists in a human rights protest. Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) awarded on Saturday, April 28, 2018, a posthumous Order of Merit to Norman. AOC President John Coates said that Norman's achievements as an athlete - his silver-medal winning time of 20.06 seconds at Mexico City remains an Australian record 50 years after he set the mark - were dwarfed by his support for the gold and bronze medalists who raised their gloved fists and bowed their heads during the American national anthem. (AP Photo, File)

Australia’s Peter Norman honored for 1968 Olympic protest

By JULIAN LINDEN - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President John Coates, left, speaks as Yoshiro Mori, right, president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, listens during their joint press conference in Tokyo Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Coates, the head of an IOC inspection team, urged organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to be more direct answering questions about preparations with the Games opening in just over two years. The advice from Coates on Tuesday came a week after several sports federations openly criticized Tokyo's preparations. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

IOC to Tokyo organizers: Be ‘forthright’ about preparations

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2017, file photo, International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President John Coates speaks during a joint press conference with Tokyo 2020 Olympics President Yoshiro Mori in Tokyo. Coates, the head of the IOC inspection team visiting Tokyo as it prepares for the 2020 Olympics, warned local organizers on Monday, April 23, 2018 to get ready for some complaints. Coates says organizers are entering a “phase where questions from stakeholders become very pragmatic and very urgent.” (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

Tokyo organizers warned: Get set for more tough questions

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ICAS’s Coates responds to Bach over IOC concerns

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