The second meeting will be held on the 20th between the Games Organizing Committee, which discusses whether to accept spectators from overseas for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the government, Tokyo, IOC, and IPC.
In this, the policy of refraining from accepting spectators from overseas is shown, and it is expected that the conclusion of acceptance or rejection will be made.
A meeting between the IOC = International Olympic Committee and IPC = International Paralympic Committee, as well as the Organizing Committee and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and representatives of the government will be held on the 3rd of this month (March). We have agreed to reach a conclusion later this month.
The second meeting on the 20th will begin at 6 pm Japan time and will be attended by Chairman Hashimoto of the Organizing Committee and Minister for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Marukawa, as well as Governor Koike of Tokyo, Chairman Bach of IOC, and IPC. President Parsons will be attending online.
Regarding spectators from overseas, there is a growing view that it is difficult to accept due to the unpredictable effects of the mutated virus and the infection situation in Japan and overseas, and at the meeting on the 20th, spectators from overseas were accepted. It is expected that the policy of forgoing it will be announced and a conclusion will be reached as to whether or not it will be accepted.
In addition, it is expected that discussions will be held regarding ticket refunds.