Rakuten's Mikitani calls Tokyo Olympics "suicide mission"

Hiroshi Mikitani, chairman and CEO of Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Group Inc., seen in this file photo, said in an interview with CNN on May 14, 2021, that it would be a "suicide mission" for the country to host the Summer Olympics in Tokyo amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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