東京五輪、簡素化検討　「国民の理解必要」―小池都知事

　東京都の小池百合子知事は４日、新型コロナウイルス感染拡大の影響で来年の夏に延期された東京五輪・パラリンピックについて、「合理化すべきところ、簡素化すべきところを進めていく」と述べ、大会の簡素化を検討していることを明らかにした。都庁で記者団の取材に答えた。
　延期された東京五輪は、来年７月２３日に開幕する予定。小池知事は「五輪開催には都民、国民の理解が必要だ。国や大会組織委員会と連携しながら考えていきたい」と語った。（2020/06/04-13:10）

The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, which have been postponed to summer next year due to the spread of the new coronavirus, may be simplified, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike suggested Thursday.
   "We will work to streamline and simplify parts of the Tokyo Games where needed," Koike told reporters at the Tokyo metropolitan government building in the Japanese capital.
   The Tokyo Olympic Games are scheduled to start on July 23, 2021.
   "We need to earn the understanding of the citizens of Tokyo and the people of Japan in order to hold the Olympics," Koike said, adding that her government will work together with the Japanese government and the organizing committee for the Tokyo Games in tackling the matter.
   The central government has voiced its hopes to hold the delayed Olympics in its complete form.