On the 17th in Tokyo, Japan, pedestrians wearing masks to prevent the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) are passing in front of the five-ring sculpture. /Photo = Yonhap News
During the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games, which will be held in July, the policy to not accept foreign audiences has been officially decided.
According to Japan’s Kyodo News Agency and NHK on the 20th, the Japanese government, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the event organizing committee, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) held an online five-party meeting and concluded the same conclusion.
Conclusion to eradicate Japanese public anxiety
As the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) situation around the world is still continuing, it seems that the decision was made to relieve the Japanese people’s anxiety about hosting the Tokyo Olympics.
The meeting was attended by Seiko Hashimoto, chairman of the organizing committee of the convention, Marukawa Tamayo, the Japanese Government Olympic Officer, Koike Yuriko, Tokyo Governor, Thomas Bach, IOC Chairman, and Andrew Parsons IPC Chairman.
The Japanese government and the organizing committee have decided not to accept the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic volunteer groups living abroad in principle.
Citizens pass in front of promotional posters for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games in Tokyo in January/Photo = AP
Stadium crowd cap will be decided next month
At their first five-party meeting held on the 3rd, they agreed to decide whether to accept overseas spectators during the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games this month.
The upper limit for the audience at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games will be decided during next month.
The Japanese government and the organizing committee are proposing three measures: △no spectator cap, △50% reduction in spectators, and △no spectators, and it is highly likely to be decided as a 50% reduction in spectators, Japanese media reported.
Jo Jun-hyuk, reporter at Hankyung.com [email protected]
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