Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, May 25 (Reporter Wang Zijiang) Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato Katsunobu said on the 25th that the travel warning issued by the US State Department the day before will not affect the holding of the Tokyo Olympics.
At the regular press conference that day, Kato Katsunobu said that the U.S. travel warning did not prohibit important travel to Japan. He also emphasized that the U.S. has not changed its support for the Tokyo Olympics.
At the same time, as the spokesperson of the Japanese government, Katsunobu Kato said: “We believe that the United States’ support for the Japanese government’s determination to host the Olympic Games has not changed.” He also said that the US government has informed the Japanese side that this trip warned the US delegation to participate in Tokyo. The Olympic Games will not constitute an impact.
On the 24th, the U.S. State Department raised the warning level for travel to Japan from the third level "cautiously consider going" to the most serious level 4 "recommend not to go temporarily" on the grounds of the worsening of the new crown epidemic in Japan.
The US Olympic Committee subsequently issued a statement stating that the State Department’s warning level adjustment will not affect the participation of American athletes.
According to reports, the United States has raised the travel warning level this time with reference to the results of an epidemiological analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
CDC warned on its official website: “Even travelers who have received the new crown vaccine are at risk of being infected with the mutant strain and spreading. All travel to Japan should be avoided.”