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Olympics-IOC chief, and Tokyo governor Koike follow through with meeting

The meeting was held as a result of the growing number of COVID-19 cases surfacing just over a week before the commencement of the Tokyo Olympic Ceremony on July 23, sparking a protest outside the building against the Games. (ANJP)
The meeting was held as a result of the growing number of COVID-19 cases surfacing just over a week before the commencement of the Tokyo Olympic Ceremony on July 23, sparking a protest outside the building against the Games. (ANJP)
Outside the building some people were protesting against the Olympics. (ANJP)
Outside the building some people were protesting against the Olympics. (ANJP)
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15 Jul 2021 08:07:59 GMT9
15 Jul 2021 08:07:59 GMT9

Arab News Japan 

On July 15, IOC President Thomas Bach met with Tokyo Governor KOIKE Yuriko. The meeting was also attended by Tokyo 2020 Chairwoman Seiko Hashimoto at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building. 

Bach offered a bouquet of flowers to the Governor of Tokyo for her 69th birthday. Bach was accompanied by the IOC’s John Coates and Japanese and international officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Tokyo Organizing Committee.

Bach offered Koike flowers on her birthday (ANJP/ Pierre Boutier)

Outside the building where the meeting was held, people gathered to protest against the Games as the number of COVID-19 cases continue to rise just over a week before the commencement of the Tokyo Olympic Ceremony on July 23. 

Bach said that 85 percent of Olympic Village staff and athletes will be vaccinated and stated that the measures contained in the playbooks should be respected and that all athletes should be properly masked.

He insisted that there will be no contact between the Japanese public and the athletes in order to protect the Japanese, who are worried about the risks of the pandemic spreading due to the entry of athletes from different nations who might bring in dangerous variants.

He insisted that the risk greater virus spread was zero and called on the Japanese public to support the athletes who made the effort to compete in the Olympics when they, too, were affected by the pandemic.

“We will take effective measures to protect the health and lives of the people of Tokyo,” Bach said. “I will make sure there is no risk to the people living in Tokyo and the rest of Japan.”

A protester managed to break through security and shout slogans against the Olympics before being overpowered by security guards and then escorted back to the exit. Bach suggested the protestor make focused statements rather than wild outbursts. Other protesters demonstrated outside City Hall.

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