The organizers of Tokyo Olympics said they expectto use all the venues as originally planned at next year's rearranged Games, several Japanese media outlets reported on Thursday.
Securing venues was a top priority for organizers after the Games were pushed back to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Kyodo and NHK, citing unnamed sources, said they were now confident they would be tied down for Olympics use again.
However, at his regular weekly news conference, Tokyo 2020 spokesman Masa Takaya said the reports were "optimistic" and that nothing had been announced.
"We have seen a series of media reports concerning the status of securing venues for the Games in 2021," said Takaya, Reuters reported.
"Tokyo 2020 is aware of these reports but I need to be very clear ... this is not something on which Tokyo Metropolitan Government or the Tokyo organizing committee has made a formal announcement.
"The organizing committee has not made such an announcement at this stage and during this process, it is very unfortunate to see such reports based on this optimistic view."
Last month, Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto said 80% of all venues needed had been secured, with the Athlete's Village and Tokyo Big Sight, the planned media center, among those yet to be fully secured.
