According to the Kyodo News Agency, the Tokyo government and the Paralympic Games affected by the new coronavirus epidemic will be postponed to next summer. The Japanese government and Tokyo have begun to discuss the adjustment of the simplification of the holding method on June 4 local time.
The chairman of the Olympic Organizing Committee, Morihiro Mori, held talks with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on the 4th and unanimously agreed to promote the rationalization of the competition in a visible manner. Regardless of the "complete form" proposed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in order to avoid being cancelled, I will try my best to explore alternative plans for hosting the Olympic Games under the epidemic.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Committee will hold an online meeting on the 10th of this month, planning to hear reports on the progress of Tokyo.
Due to the spread of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic, the Tokyo Olympics has been scheduled to open from July 24, 2020, and will be postponed to July 23 to August 8, 2021. The Tokyo Paralympic Games will be held from August 24 to 20, 2021. Held on the 5th.
(Editing Zhou Jing)
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