Chairman of the Japanese Medical Association “Can not accommodate foreign patients”
Organizing committee withholds torch relay in emergency area
Biden’s launch of U.S. administration, which values quarantine, is also a variable
On the 22nd, a citizen wearing a mask is moving near the construction site of the Tokyo Olympic Stadium in Japan. Tokyo = AP Yonhap News
With the Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games approaching six months in the future, the Japanese government stood at a crossroads in three ways:’full cancellation’,’reduction of audience’,’competition’. Due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), the Tokyo Olympics, which were originally scheduled to be held last year, have been postponed to this year, and it has been pointed out that this year’s Olympics are difficult as the spread of Corona 19 does not subside. Here, as foreign media reports that the Japanese government has made an internal decision to cancel the Olympics, the call for cancellation is growing.
Japan Daily Mainichi Shimbun said on the 23rd (local time) that Japanese government officials are reviewing three options:’no upper limit’, ‘50% reduction’, and’no spectators’, and that Japan is moving to host the Olympics. Reported that it was emphasized. Previously, the theory of cancellation of the Olympics by The Times of the British Daily is not subject to review.
The reason the Japanese government denies the possibility of canceling the Olympics is due to economic losses. Katsuhiro Miyamoto, an emeritus professor of theoretical economics at Kansai University, announced on the 22nd that if the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games are held unattended, the expected economic loss will reach about 2.43 trillion yen (about 25 trillion won), the Tokyo newspaper reported. It is about half of the estimated 4,5151 billion yen (about 48.100 trillion won) in March last year on the premise of the cancellation of the Olympics, but it is still a big loss compared to the original plan.
However, the currents that the Olympics should be canceled are also detected everywhere. The first is concern about the surge in corona19 patients. Toshio Nakagawa, chairman of the Japanese Medical Association, said the previous day, regarding the holding of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games, it is not a situation that can accommodate foreign patients in terms of medical care capabilities. In a lecture held in Tokyo the day before, Chairman Nakagawa said, “It’s a great number just by means of sensation. “It is not possible to say whether it is acceptable in a situation where medical collapse is frequent,” Kyodo News said. Chairman Nakagawa stepped back, saying, “I have no intention of mentioning whether the Japanese Medical Association can be held at this time.”
The Olympic Organizing Committee is also changing plans in line with the Corona 19 situation. The Nippon Geizai Shimbun reported that the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee is considering a plan to withhold the torch relay in areas where an emergency has been declared due to Corona 19. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said earlier that the emergency would be lifted with a deadline for the end of the 7th of next month, but it seems to have come from concerns that it may not sound like words.
The international situation is also expected to act as an obstacle to Japan’s hosting of the Olympics. It is an analysis that the resignation of former US President Donald Trump, who has been in close relations with former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, will be a bad thing for Japan. President Trump saved face by suggesting Japan’s plan to postpone the Olympics for a year, but new President Joe Biden proposed quarantine measures to prevent the spread of Corona 19 from the beginning of his inauguration. Until the Tokyo Olympics’ quarantine situation is considered sufficient, there is a possibility that Japan will oppose the plan to hold the Olympics as originally drafted.
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