To final adjustment in the direction of holding the Tokyo Olympics and Para Audience

According to interviews with the people involved in the Games, it was found that the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will be finalized in the direction of holding spectators.

On the 16th, the government has decided to take transitional measures up to 10,000 people for large-scale sporting events when the state of emergency is lifted, and the number of spectators at the Tokyo Games is also the government's. It is expected that the Games Organizing Committee, the government, the IOC, etc. will hold talks soon to make decisions according to the standards.

Regarding the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics spectators, the IOC and the Organizing Committee decided to abandon the acceptance of spectators from overseas in March, and after that, the treatment of domestic spectators became the focus.

Under these circumstances, the government plans to take transitional measures up to 10,000 people for large-scale sporting events on the 16th, even if the priority measures such as the declaration of emergency and prevention of spread are lifted. Was shown to the government subcommittee and approved.

Chairman Hashimoto of the Organizing Committee has repeatedly expressed the idea that the upper limit of events decided by the government will be the standard for the treatment of spectators, and according to the people involved in the Games, it took more than a month to open. The Tokyo Olympics and the Tokyo Paralympics, which will start in August, are expected to be finalized with the audience in attendance.

Regarding the number of spectators, the Organizing Committee, the government, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the IOC, and the IPC will hold a meeting soon to discuss the specific upper limit of the number of spectators, and how much will be held at each venue. The policy is to formally decide whether or not the audience can be accommodated.

The Organizing Committee has revealed that as of June 11, the number of tickets valid for watching games is 42% of the capacity of all competition venues, and tickets may need to be re-lotted depending on the maximum number of spectators. It could be, and will be the focus of the future.