previous articles<\/a> on the Olympics. He posed the question: \u201cAm I correct in saying that if the spectator capacity for the Olympic Games is reduced, seats will be given to clients of sponsor corporations over the general public?\u201d<\/p>\nNagatsuma drew attention to the April 28, 2021 closed meeting between the Organizing Committee and sponsor corporations described in Tansa\u2019s reporting, using it to question the government.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeating at full capacity is out of the question. Reducing the number of spectators, however, will mean revoking the public’s tickets to make space for the clients of sponsor corporations.<\/p>\n
\u201cSpectators are currently limited to either 50% of the venue capacity or, for larger venues, a maximum of 20,000 people. The new National Stadium has a maximum capacity of 60,000 \u2014 half of that is 30,000, so the max is 20,000.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven if 20,000 spectators were to be able to attend the games, a significant number of seats would be taken up by the sponsors [who have already received their tickets].<\/p>\n
\u201c[Under the current state of emergency] citizens of Tokyo are being told to limit their activity in a number of situations. Restaurants are prohibited from serving alcohol. Young children have had all of their school events canceled. Will citizens continue to stand for this sort of treatment?\u201d<\/p>\n
Shigeru Omi, head of the government\u2019s Covid taskforce, gave his assent, stating, \u201cAfter the state of emergency ends [on June 20], rising infections are sure to put pressure on our systems \u2014 and this period will coincide with the Olympics.\u201d He added that the following matters would be important in curbing a new outbreak.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile controlling the movement of spectators is an important aspect in reducing infection rates, so is the moderation of public sentiment. The vast majority of people in Japan won\u2019t be attending the games in person. But we\u2019re still asking them to comply with a certain degree of Covid countermeasures. I think the scene in the stadiums [shown online and on TV] is important for gaining their understanding and cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n
The IOC, the International Paralympic Committee,the Organizing Committee, the Tokyo metropolitan government, and the Japanese government were scheduled to finalize the number of spectators in June. Ultimately, as infections once again climbed in the capital, the Tokyo Olympics were held without spectators.<\/p>\n
(Originally published in Japanese<\/a> on June 9, 2021. Translation by Wakaba Oto.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","investigativejournal_category":[],"investigativejournal_oneshot":[47],"class_list":["post-7753","investigativejournal","type-investigativejournal","status-publish","hentry","investigativejournal_oneshot-standalones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tansa-en.test-server.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/investigativejournal\/7753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tansa-en.test-server.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/investigativejournal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tansa-en.test-server.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/investigativejournal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tansa-en.test-server.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tansa-en.test-server.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"investigativejournal_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tansa-en.test-server.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Finvestigativejournal_category&post=7753"},{"taxonomy":"investigativejournal_oneshot","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tansa-en.test-server.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Finvestigativejournal_oneshot&post=7753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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