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[00:00.04]The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese organizers
[00:06.40]are set to publish a rulebook for the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games.
[00:14.40]The book will be released next week.
[00:17.56]It will explain how 15,400 Olympic and Paralympic sports competitors
[00:26.16]and tens of thousands of others will try to safely enter Japan
[00:31.88]when the Olympics begin in six months.
[00:35.88]Local organizers and the IOC are hoping to push back against
[00:41.64]recent media reports claiming the Olympics will be canceled,
[00:46.32]as Tokyo and much of Japan are still under a COVID-19 state of emergency.
[00:54.52]The release of the plan is set to take place
[00:57.88]at IOC headquarters in Switzerland on February 4.
[01:02.80]Tokyo organizers are to present the plan the following day.
[01:08.72]Lucia Montanarella is head of IOC media operations.
[01:14.64]She said the organizers created four different possible situations.
[01:20.44]One includes continued travel restrictions, for example.
[01:25.72]Another imagines the pandemic is nearly over.
[01:29.76]Montanarella added, "The present scenario
[01:33.56]is very much like one of those that we'd created,
[01:37.20]with the pandemic still among us,
[01:39.52]and some countries being able to contain it, some not."
[01:44.72]The book will explain plans for creating safe bubbles in Tokyo.
[01:50.08]It will be updated with changing rules
[01:53.24]and requirements as the opening date gets closer.
[01:57.36]The Olympic Games are set to start July 23.
[02:02.00]The Paralympics are to open one month later, on August 24.
[02:08.40]Athletes and those traveling to Japan -- coaches, judges,
[02:13.32]members of the media -- are likely to face some self-quarantine periods
[02:18.76]before they leave their home country.
[02:21.04]This will be followed by tests at the airport, tests after arriving in Japan,
[02:28.00]and additional testing for those staying in the Athletes Village.
[02:33.56]A major unanswered question involves fans.
[02:38.20]How many fans will be permitted to watch events?
[02:42.80]Also, will only fans already in Japan be included?
[02:48.84]Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto
[02:52.40]said Tuesday that those decisions will be announced "by the spring."
[02:58.48]Fewer fans means more costs for Japan.
[03:02.52]The local organizing committee expected
[03:05.44]to receive $800 million from ticket sales.
[03:10.04]Any drop in sales will have to be made up
[03:13.80]by Japanese government groups.
[03:16.44]Craig Spence is a spokesman for the International Paralympic Committee.
[03:22.60]He said organizers must get the support of the Japanese public.
[03:27.92]Recent opinion studies show that
[03:30.64]80 percent of Japanese people questioned
[03:34.20]think the Olympics should be canceled or postponed.
[03:39.32]IOC President Thomas Bach
[03:42.00]is pushing for everyone involved in the Olympics to be vaccinated.
[03:46.68]But the World Health Organization said earlier this week
[03:51.44]that Olympic athletes should not be placed
[03:54.96]ahead of healthcare workers, old people
[03:58.28]and those at risk of getting severely ill.
[04:02.80]Japan has recorded more than 5,000 deaths connected to COVID-19.
[04:10.04]Its healthcare system is under pressure with deaths and new cases rising.
[04:16.00]A vaccination program is expected to start next month.
[04:20.88]But vaccines will not be available to the general public until later in spring.
[04:27.88]The president of the Japan Medical Association, Dr. Toshio Nakagawa,
[04:34.04]issued a warning last week when asked about the Olympics.
[04:38.72]"Many people will come from abroad, and it's a huge number,
[04:43.44]even with just the athletes," Nakagawa said.
[04:47.76]"In this situation, if coronavirus patients appear among them
[04:52.88]as a collapse of the medical system is happening and is spreading,
[04:57.52]it will not be possible to accept them."
[05:01.44]I'm Ashley Thompson.
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Words in This Storyscenario - n. a description of what could possibly happen
bubble - n. a usually small group of people who regularly interact closely with one another but with few or no others in order to reduce spread of a disease
athlete - n. a person who is trained in or good at sports, games, or exercises that require physical skill and strength
coach - n. a person who teaches and trains an athlete or performer
abroad - adv. in or to a foreign country