加藤官房長官、渡航中止「五輪と関連せず」　米の支持不変

　加藤勝信官房長官は２５日の記者会見で、米政府が新型コロナウイルス感染状況を理由に日本への渡航中止を勧告したことについて、「今回の判断と米国からの（東京五輪・パラリンピック）選手団派遣は関連していないとの説明を受けている」と明らかにし、開催に影響はないとの認識を示した。また、「実現するとの日本政府の決意を支持する米国の立場に何ら変更はない」と述べた。（2021/05/25-12:27）

The U.S. government's latest warning against travel to Japan will not affect this summer's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato indicated Tuesday.
   Japan has been informed by the United States that the travel alert is not related to the country's plans to send its delegations to the Tokyo Games, the top Japanese government spokesman told a press conference.
   "There is no change in the U.S. stance of supporting the Japanese government's resolve to hold the Tokyo Games," he added.
   The U.S. Department of State on Monday raised its travel alert on Japan to Level 4, or "Do Not Travel," the highest on its four-tier scale, from Level 3, or "Reconsider Travel," due to the continuing spread of the novel coronavirus in the Asian nation.
   The U.S. side told Japan that the increase in the travel alert is for preventing the virus from spreading, Kato said. "The advisory doesn't ban necessary travel to Japan," he added.