87.6% in Japan poll say Olympics should be canceled or postponed again

 The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23, 2021 is approaching four months, but the event is still uncertain.

　The rate of increase in the number of people infected with the new coronavirus in Japan has exceeded a temporary peak, and the state of emergency has been lifted outside the Tokyo metropolitan area. However, there is no reason to be optimistic that it will continue to converge smoothly.

　On March 3rd, the British Times published a column entitled "It's Time to Cancel" about the Olympics and Paralympics, and the option of canceling is becoming more and more realistic worldwide.

　Therefore, "Bungei Online" conducted the following questionnaire regarding the holding of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

Q. Do you think the Tokyo Olympics should be held from July 2021 as scheduled?

 

　A. Should be held from July 2021 as scheduled

　B. Should be canceled

　C. Should be postponed again after next year

　D. I don't know

Questionnaire results 63.1% answered "should be canceled" and 24.5% answered "reposted"

　Despite the short voting period from January 25th to February 25th, 2021, this survey has a total of 1590 votes (71.5% for men and 28.5% for women) from a wide range of people aged 20 to 92. ) Gathered.

　Overall, 9.4% said they should hold the event from July 2021, 63.1% said they should cancel it, 24.5% said they should postpone it again, and 3.0% said they didn't know.

Many of the reasons for the opinion that "it should be held" were that "cancellation has a large economic loss", but there are also voices that it is meaningful to hold it now, saying that "an image with nobody symbolizes the corona disaster". Was seen. 10.3% of men answered that they should hold the event.

　As for the reason why many opinions were concentrated on "should be stopped", there were many opinions who insisted on the priority of corona countermeasures, saying that "a cluster may occur in Tokyo". Some complained of the gap with the current restrictions, saying, "Even though eating out is restricted, the Olympics cannot be held."

　Most of the reasons for "should be postponed again", which can be said to be in the middle, were "the facility I made is wasteful" and "I want to determine the effectiveness and spread of the vaccine".

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