五輪選手の訪日は例外　渡航中止勧告で米報道官

　【ワシントン時事】サキ米大統領報道官は２５日の記者会見で、米政府が日本への渡航中止を勧告したことに関し、五輪選手団は例外との認識を強調した。「厳格な新型コロナウイルス対策の下で日本へ渡航する選手たちをバイデン大統領は誇りを持って支援する」と語った。（2021/05/26-05:59）

White House press secretary Jen Psaki suggested Tuesday that U.S. athletes participating in the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this summer will not be covered by the government's travel alert on Japan.
   President Joe Biden "proudly supports U.S. athletes" visiting Japan under strict protocols against the novel coronavirus, Psaki told a press conference.
   "We understand the careful considerations that the Japanese government and the International Olympic Committee are weighing as they prepare for the Tokyo Olympics this summer," she said.
   The organizers have laid out very specific entry and movement rules and procedures in order to ensure the protection of everyone involved in the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Psaki said.
   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.