五輪準備「かなり順調」　来年の一字は「五」―小池都知事インタビュー

　東京都の小池百合子知事は２４日、時事通信のインタビューに応じ、来年７月に迫った東京五輪・パラリンピックについて「準備すべきことはかなり順調だ」と語った。来年に向けた漢字一字として「五」を挙げ、「まずは五輪、そして『東京ゴー・ゴー』という意味も込めた」と説明、大会への意気込みを示した。７月３０日の任期満了に伴う再選出馬の可能性に関しては「明確にどうこうと言える状況にはない」と述べるにとどめた。（2019/12/24-18:47）

Preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have been steadily under way, Yuriko Koike, governor of the Japanese capital, has said in an interview with Jiji Press.
   "We've been doing very well in the preparations" for the games, she said, referring to heat countermeasures that will be crucial to the Tokyo Games, to be held in July-September in the middle of summer.
   The Tokyo metropolitan government has been implementing measures, such as introducing heat-resistant pavement and creating shadow areas by allowing roadside trees to grow, Koike said.
   Although the venue of the marathon and race walk events in the Olympics has been changed to Sapporo in the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido, the marathon in the Paralympics will use the original course set in Tokyo, Koike noted.
   Koike said she wants local communities and shopping streets along the Paralympic marathon course to give a boost to the events. "There will be no success of the Tokyo Games without successful Paralympics Games."