Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee (TOGOC), holds a press conference after a video conference with Thomas Bach, chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at TOGOC headquarters in Tokyo on the 28th. The IOC and TOGOC repeatedly stated that “there is no Plan B” and that’cancellation’ or’replay’ of the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for July is impossible. Recently, in Japan, as the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) has not stopped, pessimism about the holding of the Tokyo Olympics is growing. yunhap news
On the 28th, Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games, repeatedly stated that there is no cancellation of the Olympics.
It is a clear answer to the rumors of postponement and cancellation of the Olympics following the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
However, he admitted that it was an option to hold unspectators.
Chairman Mori made this announcement at a press conference after a videoconference with Chairman Thomas Bach of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) this afternoon. “I don’t want to do it as a non-audience, but I’m doing several simulations,” he said.
Japanese media recently reported that the Japanese government is considering three ways to allow spectators at the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for July. ▷No upper limit on spectators ▷Limited to 50% of spectators ▷Holding without spectators, etc. The remarks of Chairman Mori have confirmed some reports of Japanese media.
Chairman Mori announced that next month, he will hold a meeting with four members, including Chairman Bach, Olympic Minister Hashimoto Seiko, and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike. This meeting is expected to confirm the preparation for the Tokyo Olympics.
The five-ring sculpture installed in Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo, Japan, is brightly lit on the 27th. Due to the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Japan, pessimism is growing about the possibility of hosting the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games scheduled for July-September this year in various opinion polls among non-emergencies. Following the Kyodo News and Asahi Shimbun, a recent poll conducted by the Sankei Shimbun, a right-wing media, said that 84.1% of respondents will have no choice but to cancel or re-act. yunhap news