Five parties, including the Games Organizing Committee and the IOC = International Olympic Committee, have begun discussions on the maximum number of spectators for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
Up to now, there have been proposals to limit the capacity to half of the venue's capacity and to make it unattended, but there is also a view that it is difficult to show a specific upper limit number when an emergency declaration is issued. The focus is on how far you can show a concrete direction.
Organizing Committee Chairman Hashimoto and Minister for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Marukawa, Governor Koike of Tokyo, IOC Chairman Bach, and IPC = International Paralympic Committee President Parsons will meet at 6 pm to discuss the maximum number of spectators at the Tokyo Games. It started too half.
The five-party talks were held last month as well, during which they decided not to accept spectators from overseas at the Tokyo Games due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and said that they would set the direction for the upper limit of the number of spectators in Japan by the end of this month.
According to the people concerned, regarding the upper limit of the number of spectators, multiple plans have emerged to flexibly respond to the infection situation, such as a plan to limit the number of spectators to half of the capacity of the venue and a plan to make it non-spectator. ..
On the other hand, there is a view that it is difficult to indicate the upper limit of the audience with specific numbers while the state of emergency is declared in Tokyo etc., so the focus will be on how much concrete direction can be shown at the meeting on the 28th. I will.
In addition, the Organizing Committee said that the decision on the upper limit of the number of spectators may be delayed to June, and it seems that opinions were exchanged on the timing of the final decision at the meeting.