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Official announcement after meetings of five parties such as the Japanese government and the IOC … The audience limit is decided next month.
“Decision of the IOC for the safety of all Olympic participants and Japanese citizens … respect and acceptance”
[도쿄 AFP=연합뉴스 자료사진] 2021.3.5
(Tokyo / Rome = Yonhap News) Correspondent Ho-Jun Kim, Seong-Hoon Jeon = The policy of not accepting foreign audiences was officially decided during the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games held in July this year.
The Japanese government, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the Games Organizing Committee, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Games Committee (IPC) held a five-part online meeting on the night of the 20th and established the politics, Kyodo news agency and NHK reported.
Given that the situation of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) around the world remains serious, this decision is interpreted to be made to alleviate the anxiety of the Japanese people for the celebration of the Tokyo Olympics as the virus it spreads too.
Kyodo News Agency reported that it appears that it was unrealistic to receive visitors to Japan during the Tokyo Olympics, which are estimated to reach millions of people, with the current Japanese government not allowing new foreigners to enter Korea in principle due to the spread of Corona 19.
The five-part meeting was attended by Seiko Hashimoto, chair of the organizing committee of the event, Tamayo Marukawa, Olympic official of the Japanese government, Yuriko Koike, governor of Tokyo, Thomas Bach, president of the IOC and Andrew Parsons, president of the IPC.
Earlier, at the first five-match meeting held on the 3rd, they agreed to decide whether to accept foreign spectators during this month’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
![IOC President Thomas Bach. [로이터=연합뉴스 자료사진]](https://img0.yna.co.kr/photo/reuters/2021/03/12/PRU20210312269301055_P4.jpg)
IOC President Thomas Bach. [로이터=연합뉴스 자료사진]
The number of Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics sold abroad so far is 630,000 and a refund procedure is expected to continue.
In principle, the Japanese government and the organizing committee decided not to accept groups of volunteers for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games residing abroad in principle.
The maximum spectator limit at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games will be decided over the next month.
It is known that the Japanese government and the organizing committee are proposing three measures: ▲ no upper limit of viewers ▲ 50% reduction of viewers ▲ no audience.
In this regard, Kyodo News reported on the day, citing various officials, that a review is underway focused on a plan to receive only 50% of the stadium’s spectator capacity.
Large-scale stadiums that can accommodate tens of thousands of people, such as soccer fields, may impose stricter restrictions on the accommodation of domestic spectators.
Meanwhile, the IOC and IPC stressed in a statement that “we will fully respect and accept this conclusion for the safety of all Olympic participants and the Japanese people.”
In a statement, IOC President Bach also expressed his regret, saying: “We share the disappointment of all enthusiastic Olympic fans around the world and the families and friends of athletes who want to participate in the Games.”
He continued, considering that the pandemic is in the middle of a pandemic (the global pandemic of the virus), all decisions must first adhere to the principle of safety, and emphasized that the Japanese side did not come to this conclusion lightly.
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