IOC wants stadium ready by Jan. 2020 but Japan can't promise

IOC wants stadium ready by Jan. 2020 but Japan can't promise

Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo (L), International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates (C), and Yoshiro Mori (R), head of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, meet in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2015. Coates asked Endo at the meeting to have the main Olympic stadium ready by January 2020, but the minister told reporters following the talks, "It was going to be April on a very tight schedule." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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