Regarding the acceptance of spectators from overseas, which is the focus for the hosting of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the Games Organizing Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the government, and the international committees of the Olympic and Paralympic Games have again held discussions among the five parties. We will make adjustments to reach a conclusion again next week.
Chairman Hashimoto of the Organizing Committee, Minister for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Marukawa, Governor Koike of Tokyo, IOC = Chairman of the International Olympic Committee Bach, and IPC = Chairman of the International Paralympic Committee Parsons held a meeting on the 3rd from overseas. We have agreed to reach a conclusion later this month on the acceptance of the audience.
On top of that, Chairman Hashimoto of the Organizing Committee expressed his desire to make a decision before the torch relay, which will start on the 25th of this month.
According to the people involved in the Games, the Organizing Committee and the government, Tokyo, and the IOC and IPC will discuss the specific timing again and make adjustments to reach a conclusion again next week.
At the meeting on the 3rd, while the infection situation could not be predicted due to the mutant strain of the new coronavirus, the people's feeling that acceptance of spectators from overseas "needs careful judgment" and "safety and security are maintained". There is a strict view that it would be difficult without it, and the Organizing Committee and the government have decided to make a decision after carefully assessing the situation.