Taro Aso believes the coronavirus outbreak proves there is a 40-year Olympic curse after both the 1940 and 1980 Games were affected in similar ways
Aso’s claim stems from the fact that Japan were due to host the Summer and Winter Olympics in 1940, only for the Second World War to force the Games to be cancelled until 1948, meaning Japan had to wait until 1964 before hosting the Summer Olympics. In 1980, countries such as the United States, China and Japan themselves boycotted the Olympics that were being held in the Soviet Union following the invasion of Afghanistan.
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