Before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics, the board of directors of the IOC = International Olympic Committee was held in Tokyo, and Chairman Bach told Japanese people, "Athletes who have overcome as many difficulties as you do with the Corona disaster. I want you to warmly welcome and support me. "
The IOC held a board meeting in Tokyo on the 17th, and the reason why the Games Organizing Committee decided to hold it without spectators at most of the competition venues, border measures for overseas athletes and related parties who continue to visit Japan, and infection of the new corona I received a report about the situation.
IOC Chairman Bach, who attended the press conference after this, said that from the 1st to the 16th of this month, more than 15,000 athletes and officials including the press had already visited Japan and the test revealed that the new corona was positive. Revealed that there were 15 people.
On top of that, Chairman Bach said, "The positive rate is 0.1%, and those who are found to be positive are immediately quarantined and have no effect on other people. I want Japanese people to believe in the measures." I emphasized that it will be held in Japan.
Also, regarding the fact that the majority of dissenting opinions about holding the tournament in Japan, "I understand that there are people who are skeptical in an uncertain world. What we can do is start dialogue and emotions. It's about gaining their trust in dealing with corona, not fighting. I hope that the success of the tournament and the success of the athletes will make the opposition less radical. "
After that, he called on the Japanese people to understand the tournament, saying, "I want you to warmly welcome and support the players who have overcome many difficulties like you in the Corona disaster."
Requested removal of Korean banner Removed by 17th
Also, during the press conference, Chairman Bach called for the removal of the banner that imitated the words of the hero who was active in the Korean troop dispatch of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who had raised the Korean team so that they could be seen outside in the Olympic Village of the Tokyo Olympics. , Revealed that it was removed by the 17th.
On this banner, General Lee Sun-sin, who fought with the Navy when Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent troops to Korea, wrote in a letter to the king, "There are still 12 ships left in the vassals." A sentence was written that imitated the word, "The vassals still have the support and support of 50 million people."
General Lee has been handed down in South Korea as a hero who prevented the invasion of Japan.
"The Olympic Village is a place where athletes should live together peacefully, and there should be no message that could lead to division," Bach explained as to why he requested the removal.
The IOC prohibits any political or racial publicity in the Olympic Village in the Olympic Charter.