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The White House said Biden met Suga next to the G7 summit and confirmed his support for the Tokyo Olympics.
U.S. President Joe Biden reaffirmed his support for the Tokyo Olympics at a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Saturday, stressing the need to implement public health measures to ensure the safety of participants.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which were postponed last year as a result of the global spread of coronavirus, are scheduled to begin on July 23 in the face of opposition from the general public, many Japanese companies and medical workers.
At a meeting with Suga on the sidelines of the Seven Group summit at the British naval station in Carbis Bay, Biden also raised several other issues, including COVID-19, North Korea, China and climate change, the White House said.
“President Biden is committed to the Tokyo Olympics to take all the necessary public health measures to protect athletes, staff and spectators,” he said.
“President Biden is proud of the U.S. athletes who have trained for the Tokyo Games and will compete in the best traditions of the Olympic spirit,” he said.
The comments echoed similar statements made in April during Suga’s visit to Washington.
Although Tokyo is facing a fourth wave of infection and is in a state of emergency, the Japanese government and organizers have said it will move forward – banning “Armageddon,” as one member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said.
Tokyo 2020 would be “grateful” if G7 countries accept the Summer Games as planned, Tokyo 2020 organizing committee chairman Seiko Hashimoto said on Friday.
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