Softbank Group Chairman Son Jeong-eui, the third generation of Korean-Koreans in Japan, expressed skepticism about hosting the Tokyo Olympics.
Chairman Son wrote on his twitter, "At this time, more than 80% of the people of (Japan) want to postpone or cancel the Olympics. Who will enforce what rights?"
On the 21st, Chairman Son also criticized the Japanese government's COVID-19 quarantine policy on the 21st, saying, "In Japan, the COVID-19 mutation has become full of viruses," and said, "The responsibility for not strict immigration control is heavy."
Previously, according to the results of a poll conducted by the Asahi Shimbun on the 15th to 16th of Japanese voters over the age of 18, 83% of them said that the Olympics should be canceled or delayed again.
In a poll conducted by Mainichi Newspaper on the 22nd with the Social Research and Research Center, 40% of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games "must be canceled" and 23% "must be re-postponed", and 63% said they canceled or re-postponed Presented.
The Japanese government is holding on to the position that the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, which are approaching two months in the future, will be held as scheduled.
However, in Japan, an emergency has been issued in response to the spread of Corona 19 to 10 regional local governments including Tokyo and Osaka Prefecture.
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