Secretary General Matsuno: Japan does not plan to send a government delegation to the Olympic Games in Beijing
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Cabinet Secretary General Hirokazu Matsuno has confirmed a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics. He announced this at a press conference in Tokyo, reports TASS.
According to the secretary general, Japan at the Games in China will be represented by sports officials, including the chairman of the organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics, as well as the deputy of the upper house of parliament Seiko Hashimoto.
“The Olympic Games in Beijing will be attended by the chairman of the organizing committee of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Hashimoto, and the head of the Japanese Olympic Committee, Yamashita. In addition, the head of the Mori Paralympic Committee will come to the Paralympics in Beijing, ”Matsuno said.
