The news agency said on July 4th that the COVID-19 epidemic in Tokyo has expanded again, and the call for declaring a state of emergency again before the Tokyo Olympic Games is getting louder and louder. On the 8th, IOC President Bach will visit Japan, and all parties will hold consultations on whether to leave as soon as possible. "Yomiuri Shimbun" said on the 4th that in order to prevent the Tokyo epidemic from becoming severe again, it is possible for Japan to take an open-air approach to the opening and closing ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympic Games.

According to Asahi Shimbun, 13 senior scholars, writers and former diplomats, including a famous Japanese sociologist and honorary professor of Tokyo University, began to petition online on July 2, demanding that the Tokyo Olympic Games be stopped. So far, 40,000 people have participated. Yu Dou Gong Kenji, former president of the Japan Lawyers' Federation, also launched a similar activity in early May this year, which has won the support of 440,000 people.

The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games will be extended by half an hour than originally planned.

The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee said that the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games will be extended by half an hour due to epidemic prevention measures, but the closing ceremony will be simplified by half an hour.

The Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) reported on July 3rd that the opening ceremony scheduled for July 23rd from 8 pm to 1 1 will be extended to 1 1 30.

According to reports, the number of athletes attending the closing ceremony will be greatly reduced compared with previous Olympic Games, and the closing ceremony will also end at 10: 30 on the evening of August 8, half an hour earlier than originally planned.

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