The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Sunday didn’t affirm one other go to of its president Thomas Bach to Japan forward of the Tokyo Olympics. An IOC spokesman mentioned that no dates have been set for such a go to, DPA reported. Citing sources shut to the matter, Japan’s Kyodo information company had reported on Saturday that Bach would attend a torch relay ceremony in Hiroshima on May 17 and meet with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga the subsequent day. Talks with Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike and organising committee chief Seiko Hashimoto had been additionally deliberate, the report mentioned. Kyodo mentioned that Bach and Japan need to reaffirm their dedication to safely stage the July 23-August 8 Games amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Bach visited Japan in November as a part of the same dedication, his first journey there after the Games had been postponed by one yr in March 2020 owing to the well being disaster.
Coronavirus numbers in Japan and different nations are rising, and on Thursday Toshihiro Nikai, secretary basic of Japan’s ruling occasion LDP, mentioned a cancellation of the Games is perhaps an choice if the coronavirus pandemic worsens.
But Suga insisted there was no change in the federal government’s place “to do everything possible to achieve safe Olympic Games”.
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