On the 16th, 100 days before the opening of the Tokyo Paralympics, a commemorative ceremony was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building only by the people involved in the tournament, and Governor Koike of Tokyo said, "We will prepare for a safe and secure tournament." I greeted you.
It will be 100 days in 16 days until the opening of the Tokyo Paralympics on August 24, and since the commemorative ceremony has been declared a state of emergency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, eight people involved in the tournament attended without including general guests. It was done.
In the ceremony greeting, Governor Koike said, "We will lead the tournament to success and realize a society where people with and without disabilities respect each other and support each other. We will work together with the people concerned to prepare for a safe and secure tournament. We will proceed. "
In addition, JPC = Japan Paralympic Committee Chairman Mitsunori Torihara said, "It is very disappointing that the voice saying" The tournament should be canceled "was made news, but we are doing our best to prepare for the safe and secure holding by thorough corona measures. It is important to convey this in an easy-to-understand manner both domestically and internationally. "
At the ceremony, the monument of the Paralympic symbol was unveiled, and Kabuki actor Ebizo Ichikawa performed a traditional dance to pray for the extinction of the plague.
Regarding the Tokyo Games, the opening of the Olympic Games is approaching about two months later, but the upper limit of the number of spectators has not been decided, and the Organizing Committee and the capital will decide next month, and I would like to hurry up preparations. ..