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IOC president Bach to visit Japan from July 12 Xinhua | Updated: 2021-05-20 21:36 Share CLOSE International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach speaks to the media as he visits the National Stadium, the main venue for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Tokyo on Nov 17, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] TOKYO - International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach will arrive in Japan on July 12, 11 days before the start of the Tokyo Olympic Games. In a letter released on the IOC's official website, John Coates, an IOC vice president who head...

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach will arrive in Japan on July 12, 11 days before the start of the Tokyo Olympic Games.

The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) plans to finally land in Japan on July 12, less than two weeks before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, the IOC announced overnight. IOC chief's delayed Japan trip to take place ahead of Olympics opening | Main | English edition | Agencia EFE

Daily Times May 20, 2021 IOC President Thomas Bach (on screen) delivers his opening speech at a meeting of the IOC Coordination Commission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday. TOKYO: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) reassured an anxious Japan on Wednesday that the Tokyo Olympics would be safe for athletes as well as the host community, amid mounting opposition to the Games and fears it will fuel a spike in COVID-19 cases. Speaking in Tokyo alongside senior Japanese officials, IOC chief Thomas Bach said he believed more than 80% of residents of the Olympic Village would be vaccin...

2 minutes read Tokyo, May 20 (EFE).- The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) plans to finally land in Japan on July 12, less than two weeks before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, the IOC announced overnight as it sought to reassure the event will be held safely. Thomas Bach was scheduled to visit the country in mid-May but his trip was postponed after the declaration of a state of emergency in the main Japanese regions due to a fourth wave of Covid-19. His visit will be part of “coordination operations” on the ground for the Games, which are scheduled to k...