The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Games announced on the 5th that there was a formal offer from the Osaka Prefecture side regarding the cancellation of the torch relay on public roads in Osaka City and the examination of alternative relay implementation methods. ..
On top of that, the torch relay in Osaka Prefecture is approaching eight days later, so the Organizing Committee and the executive committee of Osaka Prefecture will discuss and decide on an alternative implementation method by the 7th.
The Organizing Committee has changed the implementation method of the torch relay by suspending the relay on public roads when there is a state of emergency or a request to refrain from going out in the prefecture in the guidelines for measures against the new coronavirus of the torch relay. It is said that it may be done.
According to the people involved in the Organizing Committee, as an alternative plan this time, a plan to have the torchbearers who were planning to run in Osaka city gather in a relatively large specific place and participate in some form is being considered. It means that there is.
Governor Yoshimura of Osaka "I'm thinking about alternative measures"
Regarding this, Governor Yoshimura of Osaka Prefecture told reporters, "I will not do it on public roads anymore, but considering the feelings of those who have been looking forward to connecting the torch for a year, it will never be dense. I'm wondering if there are any alternatives. I think there will be an announcement from the Organizing Committee at the end. "