A painful blow to the organizers of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics
More Japanese companies have decided not to send executives to the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for next Friday, as concerns grow about the Olympic Games during the outbreak of the Corona epidemic.
And the “Bloomberg” news agency reported that senior officials of “Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.,” “Fujitsu Limited” and “NEC Corp,” will not participate in the event, because the organizers decided to hold the Olympic Games without spectators, according to what he said. Spokespersons for today's giant tech companies.
This comes a day after Toyota, which is the most prominent sponsor of the Olympics, announced that its president, Akio Toyoda, and other members of the company will not attend the opening ceremony scheduled for next Friday.
And media reports said on Monday that Toyota will not broadcast advertisements for it related to the Olympic Games, due to concerns about the Olympics on a large scale in Japan.
And local media quoted the Japanese car manufacturer as saying that it was withdrawing its advertisements related to the Olympics due to the foggy situation around the Olympic Games scheduled for the period between July 23 and August 8, in light of the emerging Corona virus pandemic.
It seems that the company fears that its image will be affected by its association with the Olympic Games, in light of the objection of most Japanese to hosting the Games in light of the current situation.
Toyota is one of 14 sponsors with a "special program" for the International Olympic Committee, spending billions of dollars for exclusive advertising rights.
Tokyo is currently under a state of emergency as it is again witnessing a rise in the infection rates of the Corona virus.
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