WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Friday (Saturday in Manila) gave his support to Japan's efforts to hold a "safe and secure" Olympic Games this year after talk of cancellation due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Under blooming cherry blossoms and wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, people walk with a backdrop of the Olympic rings floating in the water at the Odaiba section in Tokyo on April 8, 2021. AP PHOTO

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