China News Service, March 22. According to a report from Kyodo News on the 22nd, many relevant sources revealed that regarding foreign volunteers living overseas related to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the Japanese side is discussing allowing about 500 people to pass the special Measures for entry.

On the other hand, the results of Japan’s national telephone public opinion survey conducted by Kyodo News indicated that the number of respondents who hoped that the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics would be held this summer would increase.

　　According to reports, in view of the new crown epidemic, the Japanese government and the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee plan to abandon the acceptance of foreign volunteers living overseas in principle.

However, among the total number of more than 2,000 people, the Japanese side believes that it is necessary for about 500 people with professional knowledge and experience related to the operation of games and the Olympics.

Data map: Olympic ring logo in Tokyo Bay, Japan.

　　In the plan before the 2020 Olympic Games is postponed, it is estimated that 1 out of 80,000 Olympic volunteers will be foreigners.

Japanese volunteers living abroad are expected to enter the country.

　　The Japanese government, the Olympic Organizing Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) decided on the 20th to abandon the admission of ordinary audiences from overseas.

Specific discussions are also being promoted on how to treat volunteers.

On the other hand, more than 1,000 volunteers declined to participate, but the Olympic Organizing Committee believes that it will not affect the operation of the Olympics.

　　In addition, the results of Japan’s national telephone public opinion survey conducted by Kyodo News on the 20th and 21st showed that 23.2% of the respondents hoped that the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics would be held this summer, which is better than the 10% that lasted in the two surveys this year. .

On the other hand, 39.8% of respondents believed that it should be cancelled, an increase of 4.6 percentage points from the previous time.

The emergence of the mutated new coronavirus is one of the reasons. It can be seen that negative opinions on hosting the Olympics are deeply ingrained.

The Olympic ring symbol being transported by boat in Tokyo Bay, Japan.

　　In the last survey conducted in February, 47.1% of the respondents who asked for another postponement reached 47.1%, and this time it was 33.8%.

The possibility of another postponement has been denied, and the future direction will be to hold or cancel this summer.

　　In Japan, the support rate for hosting the Tokyo Olympics this summer was 31.6% in December 2020, but it was halved to 14.1% in January 2021 when the number of infected people increased sharply.

In February, shortly after Yoshiro Mori, the chairman of the Olympic Organizing Committee (at the time), made a statement of contempt for women, it was 14.5%.

Although the survey conducted one month after Seiko Hashimoto took office as the chairman, there was an increase of 8.7 percentage points from the previous time, but the atmosphere for hosting the Olympics has not yet rebounded significantly.

　　Regarding the way of accepting audiences under the circumstances of this summer's event, 53.9% of the respondents think that the number of people should be limited, 39.8% think that there should be no audience, and only 3.2% think it should be as usual. The five-party consultation attended by representatives of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided on the 20th to abandon the admission of overseas audiences. The upper limit of the number of visitors in Japan will be determined in April with reference to the government’s activity restriction policy.