Will the Olympics go ahead?

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Officially the games are going ahead in Japan, but on Monday the government said it would extend the state of emergency covering Tokyo and other regions struggling to contain coronavirus outbreaks by one month. So there is widespread doubt that the Games will go ahead and Simon Chadwick, Professor of Eurasian Sport at EM-Lyon business school gives us his view. Myanmar was a country that last year, in the midst of the pandemic was enjoying a 40% surge in foreign direct investment. Now the military has taken over the government and we look at what it means for the economy with William Greenlee, the managing director, looking after Myanmar & Singapore at international law firm DFDL. The price of silver has shot up in recent days - we find out why from Matt Philips, markets reporter for the New York Times. Plus, we're joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite sides of the Pacific -Nicole Childers, Executive Producer at Marketplace Morning Report and Yoko Ishikura, Professor Emeritus at Hitotsubashi University and currently a member of the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network. (Picture description: A man sits by the coast at Odaiba Marine Park with the Olympic Rings installation in the background. Pic by Stanislav Kogiku via Getty Images).