The Japanese government “promotes the Beijing Olympics a year ahead”
Intensifying demands for resignation from the chairman
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The nameplate of the official Twitter run by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) changed from a picture of the Tokyo Olympics, which is about five months before the event, to a picture of the Beijing Winter Olympics, which will open in February of next year.
On the first screen of the IOC’s official Twitter account on the 10th, a picture of a panda, the mascot of the Beijing Winter Olympics, skiing over the snowy Great Wall of China was posted. Accordingly, speculation that the IOC is promoting the next Olympics has circulated as the Tokyo Olympics were canceled due to the corona 19 pandemic.
This issue was also addressed at a regular press conference by the Secretary of State, where major issues of the Japanese government are dealt with intensively. A reporter pointed out this fact at a press conference held this afternoon and asked if the Japanese government was grasping relevant information.
In response, Kato Katsunobu, the chief of staff, responded by saying that it should not be of great significance, and began to take action. He said, “The opening date of the Beijing Games will be on February 4 of next year,” he said, and he thought that the picture of the nameplate was changed in order to promote the competition one year before the opening. In fact, the IOC has pinned a tweet at the top of the tweet stating that the Beijing Winter Olympics are about a year ahead.
However, Mr. Kato said, “The board of directors with many women takes a long time,” said Yoshiro Mori, who said that over 140,000 people participated in the online signing requesting the resignation of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee. He expressed his position that he had to judge his direction.
/ Reporter Kwak Yoon-ah [email protected]
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