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The burgeoning “revival Olympics” … Still held or not
Corona 19 delayed one year, but Prime Minister Abe suggests cancellation
Negative outlook for most medical professionals and financial burden.
Opposition to celebrate the “Olympic Budget for Prevention”
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended the plenary session of the Japanese House of Representatives wearing a mask on Day 3. Tokyo / AP Yonhap News
On the 24th of last month, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe officially announced a one-year delay in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. This is because the broadcast of Corona 19 has raised opposition from around the world. It has been 7 years since Japan, which had suffered the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, won the tournament title with the “Revival Olympics” in 2013.
Rather than delay the Olympics, the Japanese government tried to maintain the framework of the tournament. Although it will take place in 2021, it was decided to keep the name as “ Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games ”, and the event’s schedule was scheduled for July 24, August 25, 2020 (Paralympic Games) on July 23 to August 24, 2021. Delayed This is to take the existing schedule as long as possible.
But now, a month after the decision to postpone, the Tokyo Olympics are still up in the air. Even Prime Minister Abe, who said, “There is no cancellation,” went to Congress and suggested the possibility of canceling the Tokyo Olympics. The latest situation related to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was summed up as a question and answer.
What did Prime Minister Abe say?
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in a member of the House of Councilors on 29: “Without the end of Crown 19, (the Olympic Games) cannot be held in its entirety.” This suggested that the Tokyo Olympics, which had been postponed for a year, could be canceled. Prime Minister Abe said: “You have to be prepared for the long term.” Competition must be conducted as evidence that the human race has defeated Corona 19, but it is difficult to maintain competition in that situation. ”
―What is the context in which the statement came?
In Japan, the pessimistic prospects for the organization of the Tokyo Olympics are increasing. This is because the situation regarding Corona 19 in Japan is rarely improved. Japan has hundreds of new confirmers every day.
As a result, in Japan, the voice of “Should focus on economic recovery and prevention rather than the Olympics” is gaining strength. In a column on the 25th, Japan insisted: “We must stop preparing for the Tokyo Olympics as soon as possible and use the Olympic budget to prevent the spread of Corona19.” Through the silver column, he said: “The celebration of the Tokyo Olympics is close to deception.” Popular novelist Keiichiro Hirano also said: “The situation has changed, so you must realistically change your mind. Spending money on competition performance can be toppled. That would hurt a lot more than you would stop right now.
In addition, Yoshiro Mori, organizer of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, said in an interview with Nikkan Sports on 28 that “if Corona 19 does not end by 2021, the Tokyo Olympics will be canceled,” he said. It became the price I attached.
Yoshiro Mori, who was nailed saying, “There is no re-enactment of the Tokyo Olympics,” is the chairman of the organizing committee for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. EPA Yonhap News
– What do the experts think?
Expert opinions are also pessimistic. President Yoshitake Yokokura of the Japanese Medical Association said on Jan. 28: “If an effective vaccine is not developed (next year), it will be difficult to hold the Olympics.” Experts believe that the development of the vaccine will generally take 12 to 18 months. The Tokyo Olympics were held only 14 months before the opening.
Yoshihiro Kitamura, a special professor at Nagano University of Health and Medicine, answered on the radio broadcast on 26 when asked about the possibility that the 2021 Olympics would be held normally. “The emergency will continue unless there is a reduction in the number of infected people, self-isolation from citizens and increased medical and health capacity,” he said.
If the situation at Corona 19 in Japan improves dramatically, the problem persists. This is because the Olympic Games are international events in which the world participates. There are more than 10,000 participants. Gentaro Iwata, professor of infectious medicine at Kobe University Hospital, met with foreign journalists and said: “Japan can take over Corona 19 until next summer, and I hope so. “But I don’t think every country in the world does that.”
A masked citizen walks the streets of Tokyo on the 28th. After that, you will see Miraitowa (left) and Somatei, the mascots of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Tokyo / AP Yonhap News
―What is the economic damage?
An official with the Tokyo Olympics Organizing Committee, who did not reveal his name after the Olympics were decided, said in an interview with the team: “The additional cost (incurred by the Olympics) will be in the hundreds of thousands. million yen (trillion won). ” Sports economist Katsuhiro Mayamoto, professor emeritus at Kansai University, also announced an estimate that the loss from the Tokyo Olympics will be 6,408 billion yen (approximately 7.38 trillion won). Even the toughest private economy with Corona 19 is struggling with reserves canceled due to the Tokyo Olympics.
Furthermore, even the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is moving to make the Japanese side bear the majority of the additional costs of the Olympic Games. “It is the Japanese taxpayer who bears the cost,” he said. If the Corona 19 is not resolved next year, there may be a situation where the competition has to be canceled even after paying billions of won.
2020 Olympic billboard in downtown Tokyo. Tokyo News / Reuters
“So, the opening?”
I still cannot confirm the opening of the Tokyo Olympics next year. However, it is clear that public opinion on the cancellation is increasing in Japan. In fact, the Tokyo Olympics have been criticized since its promotion. From accusations of concealing radioactive problems in organizing the Olympics, to criticism of neglecting the crown confirmatory test19, several controversies persisted. People were withdrawing the 40-year-old ‘Olympic cruelty’, recalling the Moscow Olympics, which had been canceled by the Soviet Union during World War II in 1940, which was canceled in 1980 by the Cold War. Can Japan’s “Renaissance Olympics” dream come true?
Reporter Jun-hee Lee [email protected]
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