Chairman Mori reveals press conference after videoconference with IOC Chairman Bach
Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee, made a statement on the 28th with the intention that it is considering hosting the Olympic non-government as one of the options.
At a press conference held this evening after a videoconference with the chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach, regarding the number of spectators he decided to make by spring this year and whether to accept overseas spectators, “I don’t want to do it as an unattended audience, but I do I am doing it.”
Japanese media recently reported that the Japanese government, which is sticking to its position that it will hold the Tokyo Olympics as scheduled for July this year, has proposed three measures: ▲No cap on spectators ▲50% reduction in spectators ▲No spectators.
Chairman Mori also said that next month, he and Chairman Bach, the Japanese government’s Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto, and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, will hold a meeting next month.
He added that it will be a meeting confirming the preparations to host the Tokyo Olympics as scheduled for this summer.
Meanwhile, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee announced that the final qualifier for the Artistic Swimming Olympics, which was scheduled to be held in Tokyo in March, which was scheduled to be held in Tokyo in March, as well as the Olympic test competition on this day, has been announced, Kyodo News Agency reported.
The organizing committee planned to use this competition, which was scheduled to be held at the Tokyo Aquatic Center with athletes from 10 countries, as a test competition to check the operation status of the competition ahead of the main Olympic stage.
However, it was difficult to hold competitions inviting foreign athletes due to the issue of an emergency due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Japan and the suspension of special measures for entry into sports.
/yunhap news
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