The Japanese press “coordinates in a direction that does not receive foreign audiences”… Decision during this month
Domestic audience entry seems to be allowed… Audience cap decision during next month
(Reuters EPA = Yonhap News) Seiko Hashimoto (right) is holding a press conference after attending the IOC Executive Committee meeting on video in Tokyo on the 24th of last month. On the left is Muto City, the secretary general of the organizing committee. [email protected]
(Tokyo = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Ho-joon = Japanese media such as the Yomiuri Shimbun reported on the 4th that the Japanese government is adjusting to avoid receiving foreign audiences when the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games are held in July-September this year.
Yomiuri said the government, the organizing committee, and the Tokyo metropolitan government have stepped up to reconcile opinions that it is difficult to accommodate general spectators from abroad.
As the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) continues, it is judged that allowing large foreign audiences to enter the country could cause public unrest.
Previously, the Japanese government and the organizing committee, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) held a five-party video conference the day before and decided whether to accept overseas spectators during this month.
It is expected that a decision will be made before the start of the Olympic torch relay on the 25th.
An executive of the organizing committee told Yomiuri that “if Japan decides to give up attracting foreign spectators, the IOC and IPC will also respect it.”
The Mainichi Newspaper also reported on the day that the government is tuning in a direction that does not receive overseas spectators, and delivered a remark from a government official saying, “It is impossible to attract foreign spectators at this point.”
The Asahi Shimbun also reported that Japan’s officials say that it is difficult to accommodate overseas audiences when looking at the situation of the Corona 19 infection.
However, Kyodo News Agency reported that Japanese domestic spectators will be allowed to enter the stadium.
In the five-party video conference held the day before, the upper limit of the number of audiences at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games was decided in April.
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