東京五輪、ＩＯＣは開催確信　橋本担当相

　橋本聖子五輪担当相は８日の記者会見で、国際オリンピック委員会（ＩＯＣ）幹部が東京五輪は新型コロナウイルスの感染状況にかかわらず来夏開催されると発言したことに関し、「（新型コロナ対策を検討する）調整会議の状況を聞いた上で発言しているので、東京大会が実施できると確信したのだと思う」と述べた。
　橋本氏は「ＩＯＣに『東京大会は確実に開催できる』と発信してもらえるよう、全力でコロナ対策に傾注していきたい」と強調した。（2020/09/08-12:26）

The International Olympic Committee is sure that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be held next year, Japanese minister for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics Seiko Hashimoto said Tuesday.
   She was referring to a remark by John Coates, chairman of the IOC coordination commission for the Tokyo Olympics, who told Agence France-Presse on Monday that the games will go ahead next summer regardless of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
   "He made the comment taking into account coordination discussions (on measures against the coronavirus)," Hashimoto told a press conference. "So I think he's convinced that the games can be held."
   She stressed, "We'll focus all our efforts on countering the coronavirus so the IOC will be able to say that the Tokyo Games can be held for sure."
   Coates seems to have renewed the IOC's commitment to staging the Tokyo Games, said Masanori Takaya, spokesman at the organizing committee for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.