well it's cross straight over to michael penn. he's a journalist in tokyo. michael, as we just heard the government looks set to extend that state of emergency in tokyo and other areas. what's the code? 900 situation there right now? well, as you mentioned, the number of critical cases in japan is now as high as ever been throughout the pandemic. and in fact, also the number of fatalities, number people died and each day is at the highest rate that has ever seen. that said, the 4th wave, which has been mainly driven by the u. k. or kent variance of coven, has been producing somewhat fewer new cases in recent days. so it appears that we're now sort of on the backside of the, the 4th wave, at least in terms of new infections. so that's where we're at the moment. now there been growing calls by the public and the medical community there to cancel the olympic games due to concerns over covered 19. do you think the olympic committee will be inclined to, to recommend that well, they have been showing the exact opposite intention, which is statements coming from mem