本日発出したBCC英文発信をお届けいたします。
去る6日、山中伸弥教授が来年の東京五輪の見通しに関してその開催に熱心に取り組んでおられる安倍総理に対して悲観的な見通しを伝えたこと、日本の市民社会はこの見方に組すること、中止となれば政治、経済的インパクトは測りがたいほど大きく、一日も早い結論が望まれること、国際社会の立場が決め手となる旨などを指摘しました。PCR検査数の異常な少なさと東京五輪配慮とが関係ありとする見方が有力であることにも言及いたしました。
コロナはなくなっても福島の放射能は残存する旨付言いたしました。
東京五輪の帰趨は益々重要な世界の関心事になりつつあります。
村田光平
(元駐スイス大使)
(12日発出 BCC英文発信)
東京五輪開催の見通し 引用元:BCC英文発信
Dear Friends、
Prime Minister Abe remains still attached to the holding of the Tokyo Olympic Games next year. It is increasingly suspected as the very cause for the abnormally low numbers of the PCR tests.
Professor Shinya Yamanaka、 Nobel Laureate、 had a talk with Prime Minister Abe in a You Tube program on May 6、 and expressed his pessimistic outlook on the possibility of holding the Tokyo Olympic Games next year.
Prime Minister Abe is still pinning his hopes on the improvement of the situation thanks to a new vaccine. Japanese civil society sides with Professor Yamanaka’s pessimistic outlook.
The IOC has recently announced its intention not to accept another postponement. In view of the ordeal imposed by Corona-15、there is growing opposition in Japan against the required heavy financial burden.
The final decision of cancelation、 if reached、 will have an enormous impact、 both economic and political in Japan. In view of the unimaginable amount of problems and troubles it could bring about、the sooner the conclusion、 the better.
The role of the International Community would be crucial. Corona-15 could disappear in the final end、 but Fukushima radioactivity remains.
With warmest and highest regards.
Mitsuhei Murata Former Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland |