China News Service, July 10th. According to Japan’s Fukushima TV station, at 5:15 pm local time on the 10th, the governor of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture, Masao Uchibori, announced that in view of the continued deterioration of the new crown epidemic, the county will host the games during the Tokyo Olympics. Will be held empty.
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According to reports, the Azuma Stadium in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture plans to host softball and baseball games for the Tokyo Olympics on July 21 and July 28, respectively.
The Fukushima prefectural government decided on July 8 that during the game, the venue can accept spectators to watch the game, and the maximum number of people is 7,150.
However, Uchibori held a temporary press conference on the 10th, stating that due to the continued deterioration of the local new crown epidemic, the decision was made to change the previous decision, and all games were held in empty venues.
Fukushima is not the first region in Japan to decide to hold the Olympic Games empty.
On July 8, in view of the spread of the epidemic, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba prefectures decided not to admit spectators in all games; on July 9, Hokkaido also announced that it originally planned to allow some spectators to enter the football game. As well as events such as marathons and race walks that allow spectators to watch along the way, they will also be held in the form of "no spectators".
Affected by the epidemic, the Tokyo Olympic Games, originally scheduled for 2020, will be postponed to July 23 to August 8, 2021.