Japanese media: Japan will hold a party leader discussion meeting to debate whether to host the Tokyo Olympics

　　China News Service, Beijing, May 26. According to Japanese media reports, the ruling party in Japan and the opposition party reached an agreement on the 26th to hold a party leaders discussion meeting before June 16 to debate whether the Tokyo Olympics will be held.

On April 14, local time, many landmarks in Tokyo, Japan held light-up events to welcome the 100-day countdown to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The picture shows the lighting of the Nippon Budokan, the venue of the Olympic Judo and Karate competition.

　　Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party’s Congressional Policy Committee Chairman Moriyama Hiroshi and the Cadet’s Congressional Policy Committee Chairman Atsumi Azumi reached an agreement on the 26th to hold a party leader discussion meeting during the current session of the Diet until June 16.

At the party leader discussion meeting, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will hold a one-on-one debate with the party leader of the opposition party.

According to Japanese media reports, the party leaders will debate whether to host the Tokyo Olympics and the Japanese government's epidemic prevention measures.

　　Atsumi Azumi said that it is very important for the people to understand the relevant situation by holding party leaders’ discussions at important junctures such as the approaching of the Tokyo Olympics.

　　The report quoted a Cadet party as saying that between the ruling party that insists on hosting the Tokyo Olympics and the opposition party that requested the suspension or postponement, the National will make a judgment.

　　The opposition party in Japan said that if Yoshihide Suga's reply is not satisfactory, he may consider launching a cabinet no-confidence case.

　　According to the report, the last time the party leader seminar was held was in June 2019. If the seminar is successfully held, this will be the first party leader seminar after Suga Yoshihide took office as Prime Minister of Japan.

　　According to Japanese media reports, the ruling party and the opposition parties in Japan plan to hold a discussion meeting with the heads of the party on June 9, and are currently moving toward the meeting to advance related work.

　　In 2000, the party leader seminar system was established as part of the reform of the Japanese Diet.

Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, originally scheduled to be held in 2020, will be postponed to July 23 and August 24, 2021, respectively.

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