聖火リレー、条件付き容認へ　スポンサー車両制限―島根県

　島根県が中止を検討してきた県内での東京五輪の聖火リレーをめぐり、できるだけ簡素な形での実施を条件に開催を容認する方向で調整に入ったことが６日、分かった。大会組織委員会の関係者や県選出の国会議員らとの協議を経て、４月半ばに実施の可否を最終的に判断する。
　県内では５月１５、１６日に聖火リレーが予定されている。県は組織委に対して、ランナーを先導するスポンサーの車両や関係者の制限などを求める方針だ。
　丸山達也知事は２月、東京都や政府による新型コロナウイルス対策が不十分であることを理由に聖火リレーの中止検討を表明していた。　
　聖火リレーをめぐっては、コロナ対策の「まん延防止等重点措置」が大阪市に適用されていることを受け、大阪府は市内の公道での走行中止を組織委に申し入れている。（2021/04/06-08:39）

Shimane Prefecture is now considering allowing the Tokyo Olympic torch relay to take place in the western Japan prefecture on condition that it be held in a way as simple as possible to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, it was learned Tuesday.
   The prefectural government will specifically ask the Tokyo games organizing committee to reduce the number of vehicles of sponsor companies, which will lead the torchbearers, and that of related officials participating in the torch relay, informed sources said.
   The prefecture is expected to make a final decision in mid-April on whether to accept the torch relay, after holding talks with officials of the organizing committee and lawmakers elected from Shimane, according to the sources.
   In February, Shimane Governor Tatsuya Maruyama said the prefecture is considering canceling the Olympic torch relay in Shimane, slated for May 15-16, noting that measures against the epidemic introduced by the Tokyo metropolitan government and the central government are insufficient.
   Other than Shimane, Osaka Prefecture has called on the organizing committee to exclude public roads in the city of Osaka, the capital of the western prefecture, from the route of the torch relay as the city is under the central government-set coronavirus pre-emergency stage, which started on Monday and will last until May 5. The torch is set to visit the prefecture on April 13-14.