Can the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games be held safely amid the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) pandemic?
In March of last year, according to the unprecedented decision to postpone the Olympics for one year, the torch relay began about one year after arriving in Japan.
According to Japanese media, a torch relay event was held at J Village, a soccer facility in Fukushima Prefecture, focusing on the revival of Fukushima Prefecture, which was affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and nuclear power plant accident on the 25th.
At around 9 am, a torch departing event was held in J Village, with Seiko Hashimoto, chairman of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, attended, but Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was absent.
According to the Corona 19 Prevention Regulations, it was conducted without spectators except 160 guests, and members of the Japanese national team “Nadeshiko Japan” who won the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup in the 2011 earthquake in East Japan opened on July 23 as the first runners. He sent a torch toward him.
However, from the first day on this day, a commotion arose due to the fire that went out twice. Regarding this issue, Toshiro Muto, the secretary-general of the organizing committee, explained, “We are looking for the cause, but the reason is not known.
The Tokyo Olympics, which have a lot of talk and talk about, such as the replacement of the chairman of the organizing committee with a remark on women’s demeaning, and the replacement of the general director who tried to use the appearance of a famous female comedian for the opening ceremony. Around 10,000 runners will go to 47 local governments to deliver torches.
Written by: Lee Tae-moon, Tokyo Correspondent [email protected]
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