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is the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics in Brazil.

The next venue was Tokyo, Japan, so Prime Minister Abe appeared as a popular game character at the time.

At this time, Japan set 40 million foreign visitors.

Even though it was decided to postpone a year due to the corona last year, expectations were still there.



[Abe/Former Japanese Prime Minister (Last May): (Tokyo Olympics) will be held in full form so that humanity can become a symbol of victory over the coronavirus.]



But finally, as the Tokyo Olympics decided not to receive foreign audiences, the economy decided There is a forecast that the loss will reach 17 trillion won.



This is Yoo Seong-jae's correspondent from Tokyo.



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Japan's economic loss, which gave up foreign audience entry at the Olympics for the first time ever, is expected to be 1.6 trillion yen and 17 trillion won in Korean money.



This is because we cannot expect to spend about 1 million foreigners visiting Japan during the Olympics, as well as additional demand to return to Japan after the Olympics.



In addition, damage to related industries such as accommodation and food service in Japan was considered.



However, the Japanese government is in a position that it will somehow avoid the cancellation of the Olympics, which were once postponed due to the re-proliferation of the corona.



[Hashimoto/Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee Chair:



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is a conclusion to make the event of safety and security more reliable for all participants and the Japanese people.] At

the same time, about 90,000 foreigners are allowed to enter Japan as a special measure for the Tokyo Olympics. .



This target is for the athletes including 15,000 athletes, the officials of the competition, such as referees, reporters, and broadcasters, and this is also decided to be minimized through coordination with the IOC of the International Olympic Committee.



[Marukawa/Japan Olympic Minister: Persons other than athletes have informed (to the IOC) that reduction is inevitable.]



Special cases Inbound travelers are exempted from quarantine for two weeks, but move outside designated areas such as accommodations and stadiums and use public transportation. This is forbidden.



The Tokyo Olympics became halfway due to the abandonment of foreign spectators entering the country.



As the long-awaited economic stimulus becomes virtually impossible, the Suga regime, which was seeking a rebound until September, the term of governor of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is also facing a dark cloud.



(Video coverage: Moon Hyun-jin, video editing: Jung Yong-hwa)