TOKYO, Jul 1 (NNN-NHK) – IOC president, Thomas Bach, will arrive in Japan on Jul 8, with just over two weeks to go until the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics.
The IOC announced on its official website that, Bach will go to Tokyo fully vaccinated, and follow the playbooks’ guidelines, to ensure that the Games is safe and secure.
“Upon his arrival, the IOC President will work remotely only,” the IOC said in a statement. “His official programme of in-person and remote meetings with arriving delegations, Games stakeholders and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, will then commence on July 12. His destinations are registered, and his activities will be conducted under the strict rules defined by the playbooks.”
Bach will also plan to visit Hiroshima on Jul 16, to mark the start of the Olympic Truce. He had originally planned in May, to visit the nuclear bomb-hit city, at the end of World War Two, but the visit was cancelled due to the worsening COVID-19 situation across Japan.
