Olympic Games: Tokyo Games without spectators?
The option is on the table
The Tokyo Olympics, scheduled for last year, are now announced for July 2021. They could be held from July 23 to August 8 (the conditional remains in place) and without an audience, if we are to believe the Japanese media.
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Japan is currently closed to foreign visitors.
And has taken stricter health measures in recent days for Japanese and foreign residents returning to Japan.
In addition, we know that a majority of Japanese do not want the Olympic Games or foreign spectators.
The government could therefore consider a compromise: impose games but without foreign spectators, with the added bonus of the gold medal of absolute insularity.
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This is information from several Japanese media and has not been denied, reports our correspondent in Tokyo,
Frédéric Charles.
The President of the Tokyo Games Organizing Committee, Seiko Hashimoto, wants a decision to be taken regarding spectators coming from abroad, before the
start of the Olympic torch relay
across the archipelago, on March 25 .
The Tokyo Organizing Committee is divided on the issue of the presence of Japanese and foreign spectators at Olympic venues.
A few days ago, Seiko Hashimoto declared that it wanted games in full stadiums, with supporters from all over the world.
Some Japanese medical experts say the games must take place behind closed doors.
The Japanese government will decide.
But it should be remembered that 80% of the Japanese do not want games, nor the presence of spectators coming from abroad.
The government has already decided to impose gambling on the Japanese.
As a compromise, it will prohibit access to the games to spectators coming from abroad, because of the more contagious variants of the Coronavirus detected in many countries, even if some of these variants have been discovered in Japan.
Already
postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic
, and despite recurring cancellation rumors, the Tokyo Olympics are scheduled for next July.
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