A senior official in the Japanese Olympic Committee committed suicide in a shocking manner

Seven weeks before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, a senior official of the Japanese Olympic Committee committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a subway train Monday morning.

And "Sky News Arabia" quoted Japanese "Nippon" TV that the police are investigating the death of 52-year-old Yasushi Moriya, noting that it was a "suicide."

The death of Yasushi Moriya comes after great controversy and wholesale pressure on the organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics, which was postponed from last year due to the repercussions of the Corona pandemic, and it is scheduled to take place after seven weeks at a time when the Japanese desire to receive the big event varies, especially since many refuse to host it in light of taking the parties The official decided to ban fans from coming to Japan, with the decision on the number of local fans allowed to attend the games after the end of the state of emergency in Tokyo on June 20.

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