Tokyo: International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach arrived in Tokyo last week. On Tuesday, Thomas Bach made a public appearance for the first time. But during this time in his address, his tongue slipped and he went on referring to the Chinese people instead of the Japanese people. Bach, however, rectified his mistake immediately.
After arriving here, Bach spent the first three days at a five-star hotel in central Tokyo. Like everyone else, upon reaching Tokyo, his movements were also very limited for a few days.
His first stop was the headquarters of the organizing committee. Where he spoke about the games being organized without spectators after a year. A state of emergency is in force in Tokyo due to the rise in cases of Kovid-19 and therefore the organizers have decided to keep local spectators away from the stadiums. The Olympic Games will be held from July 23 to August 8. Whereas the emergency will remain in force till August 22.
10 days left for the opening ceremony
In his opening speech, Bach told Olympic Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto and CEO Toshiro Muto that you have best prepared the city of Tokyo for the Olympic Games. This is also remarkable because we are facing very difficult circumstances right now.
He said that now 10 days are left for the inauguration ceremony. It also means that much remains to be done. Bach then addressed the hosts of Japan and said Chinese people instead of Japanese people. But soon he also rectified it.
He said that the main goal of all of us is to organize safe games for everyone, our players, our delegation and most importantly the Chinese people – the Japanese people.
The interpreter was translating Bach’s speech from English to Japanese. His tongue slipped but the interpreter did not. Despite this, the Japanese media reported it. After which there was a strong reaction on social media about this.
