Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, said on the 4th that in the video conference with the IOC executive committee that night, there was no mention of canceling or delaying the Olympic Games. He reiterated that the Olympic Games would be opened on time on July 24.
Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, March 4 (Reporter Prince Jiang Deng Min) Tokyo Olympic organizing committee chairman Mori Yoshiro said here on the 4th that in the video conference between Tokyo Olympic organizing committee and IOC executive committee that night, there was no mention of canceling or postponing the Olympic Games, and he reiterated once again that the Olympic Games would be opened on time on July 24.
Mori Yoshiro and Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee CEO Wu fujimo met with reporters at the headquarters of the Olympic organizing committee after the video conference. He said: “We didn’t talk about this topic at all.”
He said that the Olympic organizing committee reported the measures taken against the new Crown epidemic to the International Olympic Committee in detail, “several of us expressed our confidence that the Olympic Games will be held on time from our own perspective.”
The former Japanese prime minister also said: “Some people in the International Olympic Committee are worried about the virus. We introduced the countermeasures adopted by Japan so that everyone should not worry too much, which gained everyone’s understanding.” He said that now students don’t go to school and many people don’t go to the streets. This is all “the efforts made for the Olympic Games.”
Minlang Wu also said that Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, once again expressed the confidence that the Olympic Games will be held on time after listening to their statements.
Regarding the issue that the Japanese Olympic Minister, son Hashimoto, said in a parliamentary inquiry the day before that according to the contract signed between Tokyo and the International Olympic Committee, the Olympic Games could be postponed until the end of the year, Yoshiro Mori said, the son of Hashimoto called him afterwards and introduced the story.
“This just represents her personal opinion.” Mori said.
Another reporter asked whether there was a time node to consider postponing or canceling the Olympic Games if the epidemic could not be effectively controlled for some time in the future, Yoshiro Mori replied with a little displeasure: “I am not a God, I don’t know.”
As for the torch relay that began in Japan on March 26, tokeno wutto said that the torch relay would proceed as planned, but in order to control the epidemic, local governments holding the relay would be required to take effective measures, for example, the body temperature of the torch relay hand should be monitored. The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee also asked the place where the torch relay was held to report the specific plan to the Olympic organizing committee one week in advance.
But as for the scale of reducing the torch relay and the participants mentioned by the media, Wudeng minlang said that the specific plan was still being worked out.