Japanese media: Three counties in the 311 earthquake disaster area have difficulty receiving Olympic athletes

　　China News Service, June 13th. According to Kyodo News Agency of Japan, about "Thanks for the reconstruction of Host Town", which aims to express gratitude to the participating countries and regions for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games for their support of the Great East Japan Earthquake, interviews with various places on the 12th The government revealed that among the 23 cities, towns and villages in Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures that registered and planned to invite athletes to communicate after the game, except for one city, all other cities have cancelled their plans, or there is no implementation plan yet. .

　　According to reports, many local governments have formulated plans, such as athletes and other residents communicating with residents, visiting earthquake relics and memorial facilities, etc., but they gave up due to the impact of the new crown epidemic.

Data map: A woman walks through the 2020 Tokyo Olympics poster.

　　Among the 32 cities, towns and villages registered as "Thanks for Rebuilding Host Town", 23 have discussed direct exchanges after the competition.

Among them, 11 municipalities will cease operations, and 11 municipalities have no plans yet.

Only Ofunato City in Iwate Prefecture plans to invite American track and field athletes.

　　Higashimatsushima City in Miyagi Prefecture received a notice from Denmark to cancel the contact in April. The person in charge said regretfully: “I wanted them to take a look at the Earthquake Heritage Museum and the disaster-stricken station.” Otsuchi-cho, Iwate Prefecture, said, “Don’t risk it. Let them come in danger," and proposed to Saudi Arabia to cancel.

　　On the other hand, two of the seven cities, towns and villages that originally planned to accept the pre-training camp decided to close it.

Sendai City, which hosted the Italian pre-training camp, consulted the Japanese central government about the visit to the earthquake remains. However, "the movement of athletes within 14 days after entering the country is limited to travel between accommodation facilities and training venues."

　　A person in charge of a local government who registered said: “Since the Olympics are held in the name of rebuilding the Olympics, I want athletes to come to the disaster area. (But now) Host Town has lost its original purpose and only forms.”