Name: 日本否認取消奧運會的報道 (Japan denies report of Olympics cancellation)
Uploaded: 2021-01-22T18:20:16.000Z
Duration: 1 min 36 s

Japan denied reports it wants to cancel the Olympics on Friday and doubled down on its commitment to host the Games this year.

日本週五否認了想要取消奧運會的報道，並加倍承諾今年舉辦奧運會。

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That's despite a third wave of coronavirus infections and a state of emergency over much of Japan, a government spokesman told Japan's parliament.

這是儘管第三波冠狀病毒感染和日本大部分地區的緊急狀態，政府發言人告訴日本議會。

There was no truth to reports in The Times of London of a cancelation on Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said.

倫敦泰晤士報》關於取消首相菅義偉說的報道並不屬實。

The games will be a quote symbol of humanity overcoming the virus.

遊戲將是人類戰勝病毒的名言象徵。

The Times report had cited one unidentified source from Japan's ruling coalition and said that Japan was now focused on rescheduling the game's to 2032 Saturday marks six months to go before the Olympics are set to kick off in July, already delayed from last year over the pandemic.

泰晤士報的報道曾援引日本執政聯盟的一位身份不明的消息人士的話說，日本現在專注於重新安排遊戲的到2032年週六標誌著距離奧運會將於7月開幕還有6個月的時間，已經從去年因大流行病而延後。

In an interview with Reuters ahead of the Times report, Tokyo 2020 chief Toshiro Muto said he was hopeful vaccine rollouts around the world would help make the Olympic safe once vaccinations air conducted widely in the U.

在時報報道之前接受路透社採訪時，東京2020首席武藤敏郎表示，一旦疫苗接種空氣在美國廣泛進行，他希望疫苗在世界各地的推廣將有助於使奧運安全。

I think there's no doubt it will be a good thing for the games, however, it doesn't solve everything.

我認為這對遊戲來說無疑是一件好事，然而，它並不能解決一切問題。

I understand that vaccines don't allow us to stop taking all the measures against the coronavirus.

我明白，疫苗並不能讓我們停止採取一切預防冠狀病毒的措施。

We're hopeful about vaccines, but at the same time I think it's inappropriate to be totally dependent on it.

我們對疫苗抱有希望，但同時我認為完全依賴疫苗是不合適的。

 Recent polls show 80% of Japanese do not want the games to go ahead this summer, afraid athletes arriving from overseas will help spread the virus. 

最近的民調顯示，八成日本人不希望今年夏天的運動會進行，擔心從海外趕來的運動員會幫助傳播病毒。