On Monday, September 7, regarding the Tokyo Olympics,IOC vice-president John Coates said “Games that conquered Covid.It will take place with or without Covid. The Games will start on July 23 next year,”.
On Friday, September 4, the Japanese government held the first meeting of a conference to examine the immigration control and inspection system for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, which were postponed in 2021. As a measure to alleviate entry restrictions on representative athletes from each country, we have summarized a plan that does not require waiting for two weeks after entering the country, and decided to consider specific infection prevention measures in the future. On the other hand, it was decided that the issues to prevent the spread of infection would be sorted into three categories: “athletes” including referees and coaches, “tournament officials”, and “spectators”.
The Olympic karate competition will be held at Nippon Budokan for 3 days from August 5th to 7th.
