Masanori Takaya, a spokesperson for the Games Organizing Committee, said at a press conference on the 24th that the welcome party for the IPC = International Paralympic Committee's Presidents and Directors held in Tokyo on the night of the 23rd was "Scope of appropriate response in social customs." It's inside. "
At the welcome party hosted by the Organizing Committee held at a hotel in Tokyo on the night of the 23rd, about 40 people including IPC Chairman Parsons and directors, Prime Minister Suga, Governor Koike of Tokyo, and Chairman Hashimoto of the Organizing Committee Attended.
According to the Organizing Committee, the welcome party was held for about an hour, with cultural events showing welcoming feelings, and no food or alcohol was provided due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
A spokesperson for Takatani of the Organizing Committee asked the reporter about this, but he said, "I have shown a welcome feeling in the simplest possible way. Appropriate response in the current social customs. It is within the range of. "