Former Prime Minister Abe, who was scheduled to attend the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, decided to forgo attendance in consideration of the fact that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government was declared a state of emergency and became unattended, and told the people concerned. ..
At the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics to be held on the 23rd, an emergency declaration was issued to Tokyo and it became unattended, and the number of attendees was adjusted to be reduced to several hundreds, and economic groups and sponsor companies attended. There is a movement to see off.
In light of this situation, former Prime Minister Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, who is the Honorary Chief Advisor of the Games Organizing Committee, has decided not to attend the opening ceremony and has informed the people concerned.
Mr. Abe made a speech at the IOC = International Olympic Committee general meeting eight years ago when he was Prime Minister, and inviting the tournament, in March last year, he postponed the tournament for one year based on the infection situation of the new coronavirus. I made a suggestion.
In November of last year after resigning from the Prime Minister, the IOC's merit badge "Olympic Order" was awarded for contributing to the spread and development of the Olympic Games.