China News Service, April 23. According to Japanese media reports, on the 23rd, the Tokyo Olympic Games will usher in a three-month countdown to the opening. Due to the expansion of the epidemic and the emergence of mutated strains, the Japanese government plans to issue an emergency declaration to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government for the third time, which may affect the final stage of preparations such as the discussion of the maximum number of spectators and the implementation of test matches for rehearsals.
Data map: On April 14, local time, Tokyo, Japan, the unveiling ceremony of Miraitowa and Someity, the mascots of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, was held.
Japanese media reported that Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will decide on the 23rd to issue an emergency declaration based on the revised Special Measures Act to respond to the new crown epidemic to the four prefectures of Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, and Hyogo. This will be the third release since January this year, and the duration is expected to be from April 25th to May 11th. According to reports, this will surely cast a shadow over the preparations for the Olympic Games again.
At present, the Tokyo Olympics has given up accepting overseas audiences. The Japanese government, the Olympic Organizing Committee, and IOC will hold a five-party consultation at the end of April to discuss the upper limit of the audience, but the final decision may be postponed to June. Some analysts say that the plan with a 50% occupancy rate and a plan that allows all ticket buyers who sell tickets in the country to enter the venue are not ruled out. It is reported that empty venues are also one of the options that may be explored.
The Tokyo Olympics test competition will be implemented from late April to May. Even if the Olympic Organizing Committee and other plans issue emergency declarations, they will implement test matches in accordance with the policy of restricting activities. However, the track and field competition to be held at the National Arena on May 9th will change from accommodating around 20,000 spectators to an empty competition. The water polo and BMX freestyle BMX test competitions will be held in May or June, and the operation test of synchronized swimming will be postponed to July near the opening of the Olympics.
The torch relay that started from Fukushima Prefecture on March 25 has been cancelled on public roads in some areas, and the impact of the spread of the epidemic has appeared.
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