A meeting was held between the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the representatives of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the government, and the international committees of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the focus was on accepting spectators from overseas during March. Agreed to issue.
On top of that, we will announce a policy on the upper limit of the number of spectators by the end of April, and the government and the organizing committee will be forced to make a decision in the future.
The meeting was attended by Chairman Hashimoto of the Organizing Committee and Minister for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Marukawa, and Governor Koike of Tokyo, Chairman Bach of the IOC = International Olympic Committee, and President Parsons of the IPC = International Paralympic Committee participated online. Did.
The talks were held privately for about an hour and a half except at the beginning, and Minister Marukawa said, "In a very difficult situation where we cannot see the future due to the mutant virus, we are cautious about accepting spectators from overseas. It is necessary. "
In addition, Chairman Hashimoto stated that he should make a decision on accepting spectators from overseas by the end of March.
As a result, at the meeting on the 3rd, it was agreed that the acceptance of spectators from overseas would be concluded by the end of March, and the upper limit of the number of spectators would be shown by the end of April while observing the status of domestic professional sports. Did.
Regarding the acceptance of spectators from overseas and the upper limit of the number of spectators at the Tokyo Games, we will consider factors such as the infection status of new coronas in Japan and overseas, including mutant strains, and the extent to which traffic between Japan and overseas is permitted. The government and organizing committees will be forced to make decisions.