The status of the 2020 Olympic Games is in some question, with health experts worried about holding such a large public event this summer and others insisting it is too early to make any decisions. In Japan, these concerns are amplified ten-fold.
IOC President Thomas Bach urged athletes to ‘go ahead full-steam’ with their training during a conference call with Japanese reporters.
The domestic response to the virus has come under fire too. Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike was among those bemoaning Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s belated recommendation Feb. 28Like Mori, the Tokyo chief remains adamant the Olympics will go ahead, her office issuing a statement to the The Times insisting, “We have never discussed canceling the Games. Preparations for the Games are continuing as planned.
Japan’s Olympics minister, Seiko Hashimoto, quickly dismissed the comment, telling a parliamentary session Wednesday she had received assurances from the IOC that it did not represent the official view.According to the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, everything is being done to ensure the Games proceed as scheduled, starting with the establishment of a countermeasures task force to supplement the state’s own Novel Coronavirus Response HQ.
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