TOKYO: Holding the Tokyo Olympics this summer would be a “suicide mission” as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage around the world, the head of Japan’s e-commerce giant Rakuten has warned.

“It’s dangerous to host the big international event from all over the world,” CEO Hiroshi Mikitani said in an interview with CNN.

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