“It was a very hard job, Japan had the Olympics edition which was postponed by a year for the covid, but with determination it reached this point. An appointment with a public opinion that was not convinced, but the authorities together with the IOC, have carried out this appointment with determination and I believe that the facts will show that the technology, discipline and organization of the Japanese, even in this complex and difficult situation, is able to carry out competitions of this enormous magnitude , to the best”. These are the words of the Italian ambassador to Japan, Giorgio Starace, speaking at Casa Italia in Tokyo.
“This is a country that in one way or another has managed to keep covid growth rates at levels that are not particularly serious, not comparable to Europe or the US, and this is due to a series of measures, but also to the attitude of the Japanese, who, for example, have been wearing masks for many years, as well as the fact that Japan has hermetically closed itself off to foreigners. They were very careful not to import the variants and such an event scared public opinion , for this reason there is a reflection in imagining that opening up to many foreigners could constitute a danger of the covid growth “, explained Starace.