Following the earthquake off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, which observed violent shaking with a seismic intensity of over 6 in Fukushima and Miyagi, the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games said that the competition venue in the area where the shaking was large was damaged at some facilities. However, since it does not affect the operation of the Games, we are investigating the detailed damage situation in the area where the Holy Fire Relay is routed.
In response to this earthquake, the organizing committee of the Tokyo tournament was at the Olympic Games
▽ Prefectural Azuma Stadium in Fukushima City, which will be the venue for baseball and softball
▽ Miyagi Stadium in Rifu Town, Miyagi Prefecture, which will be the venue for
soccer
, and
▽ Soccer Regarding the venue, Kashima Stadium in Kashima City, Ibaraki Prefecture, we confirmed the damage situation through local governments.
As a result, there were reports of broken glass at Miyagi Stadium, but it was confirmed that none of them would affect the tournament management.
On the other hand, regarding the torch relay, it was reported that J-Village, which straddles Naraha Town and Hirono Town in Fukushima Prefecture, the starting point, had cracks in a part of the accommodation building, but the operation of the torch relay Has no effect.
Regarding the area that is the route of the relay, we are currently investigating the detailed damage situation through the executive committee of each prefecture.
The Tokyo Olympic torch relay is scheduled to start in Fukushima Prefecture on March 25, and preparations are underway.