JOC Chairman Yamashita "Cooperation in the direction to converge quickly" Cooperation with each sports organization February 26 19:23
Following the spread of the new coronavirus, Prime Minister Abe expressed his request to cancel or postpone or reduce the size of large-scale sporting events for the next two weeks or so, JOC = Japan Olympic Committee Member Chairman Yasuhiro Yamashita said, "I would like to cooperate in the direction of convergence as soon as possible," and stated that he would cooperate with each sports organization to take action.
JOC Chairman Yamashita attended a meeting with the Sports Agency and the Japan Sports Promotion Center at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on the afternoon of the 26th to discuss athlete enhancement costs for next year and beyond. In response to an interview with NHK, Prime Minister Abe expressed his request to cancel or postpone or reduce the scale of large-scale sports and cultural events in the next two weeks or so in response to an interview with NHK. The agency said that they would ask each central sports organization for their cooperation, and we would all cooperate in a direction to converge as soon as possible. "
Regarding the impact on future competitions, "I do not think it will be possible to keep the number of patients from increasing any more. I said.
On the other hand, regarding the decision to hold, "the risks of doing and the risks of not doing are different, and not only do and do not do but also change the way of doing things I have no choice but to consider. "