Former Olympic minister says March is deadline for Tokyo

FILE - In this Dec 22, 2015, file photo, Toshiaki Endo, center, minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, speaks with media after a meeting of Cabinet ministers including Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at Abe's official residence in Tokyo. Former Olympic minister Endo said at a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday, June 5, 2020, that a decision of whether to hold the Games should be made around March, which is a crucial time to finalize participating athletes, NHK said. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

FILE - In this March 30, 2020, file photo, a man jogs past the Olympic rings in Tokyo. Former Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo said at a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday, June 5, 2020, that a decision of whether to hold the Games should be made around March, which is a crucial time to finalize participating athletes, NHK said. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)