Rare voice! Director of the Japanese Palace Office： The Emperor is very concerned about the possibility that hosting the Olympic Games will lead to the expansion of the epidemic.

　　[Global Network Report Trainee Reporter Lin Zeyu] There is less than one month left before the opening of the Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan, but the COVID-19 epidemic in Japan has not been effectively controlled. Under this circumstance, the Japanese Palace Office made a rare voice on the 24th, saying that "the Emperor is very concerned about the possibility of the expansion of the epidemic caused by hosting the Olympic Games".

　　According to Japanese TV stations, Daily News and other Japanese media reports, the head of the Japanese Palace Office, Yasuhiko Nishimura, said at a regular press conference on the 24th that "Emperor Naruhito (Japan) is very worried about the epidemic situation in COVID-19, and is very concerned about the possibility of the spread of the epidemic caused by hosting the Olympic Games".

　　"Daily News": The director of the Palace Office: "I personally feel that the emperor is worried about hosting the Tokyo Olympic Games" and asked to prevent the epidemic from expanding.

　　According to Japanese TV reports, the Emperor met with Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide on the 22nd. It is reported that during the talks, Suga Yoshihide explained the epidemic prevention policy of the Tokyo Olympic Games to the Emperor. Nishimura Taiyan stressed on the 24th that "in order to avoid the situation of epidemic expansion, it is hoped that the relevant institutions headed by the Olympic Organizing Committee will join hands to make epidemic prevention foolproof."

　　Kyodo News said that Nishimura added: "In my daily conversation with Your Majesty, I personally felt these things. I have never heard such words directly from your majesty. "

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　　However, according to the Daily News, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato claimed at the press conference on the afternoon of 24th that "the director of the Miyauchi Office was stating his own thoughts", and the senior officials of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee of Japan also declared on the same day that the statement made by Yasuhiko Nishimura "didn’t think there was a problem with the status quo".

　　In Japan, the emergency declaration applicable to nine prefectures except Okinawa was lifted on June 20, and most areas such as Tokyo and Osaka were in a state of applying "key measures such as spreading prevention" at a lower level than the emergency. The estimated period is from June 21 to July 23, about one month before the opening of the Tokyo Olympic Games. The number of Covid-19-infected people in Tokyo on the 23rd was 619, an increase of 383 compared with 236 on the 21st. Many Japanese media reported that the epidemic situation in Japan rebounded after the declaration of emergency was lifted.

　　The Olympic Games in Japan will be held next month, but the COVID-19 epidemic in Japan has not been effectively controlled. Many Japanese protesters who opposed the hosting of the Tokyo Olympic Games gathered near the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building on the 23rd, demanding that the preparations for the Olympic Games be terminated immediately and that the Japanese government should not be allowed to muddle through.