Even if Chairman Mori of the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games resigns, the government will continue to make preparations while striving to restore trust and foster momentum, saying that the policy of holding the Tokyo Games in the summer will not change. ..
Mr. Mori, the chairman of the Organizing Committee, decided to resign from the post of chairman by taking responsibility for his own remarks, which can be regarded as a woman's disdain, and Mr. Saburo Kawabuchi, who was consulted to assume the post of chairman, indicated his intention to accept it.
While the ruling party said, "It's a shame because he was a person with an international presence," he said, "It is necessary to cooperate firmly toward the event without being upset by the resignation." Has been pointed out.
Under these circumstances, a high-ranking government official said, "There is no change in the policy of holding the Tokyo Games in the summer," and the government will strive to restore trust and foster momentum for holding the event, taking into account the fact that volunteers have declined one after another. I am doing it.
Then, while assessing the infection status of the new coronavirus in Japan and overseas, determine the number of spectators to be accommodated in the stadium by spring, and consider how to operate when the infection of athletes is confirmed, and make necessary preparations. It is a policy to proceed.
On the other hand, the opposition party said that the government and the ruling party did not urge Mr. Mori to resign, which delayed the settlement of the situation and caused a decline in trust from the international community, and pursued it through parliamentary deliberation and realized gender equality. We will make efforts to restore trust, including the above.