Dr. Thomas Bach
President of the International Olympic Committee                     　
Chateau de Vidy, 1007 Lausanne / Switzerland

Tokyo, July 28, 2015
Dear President Thomas Bach,

With reference to my letter addressed to you dated 19 July,2015,
I wish to inform you that the worsening situation in Fukushima is now the source of increasing anxiety.

Two influential television commentators, Jituro Terashima and Narushige Kishi, referred to the possibility of cancelling the Tokyo Olympic Games in an influential popular program "Sunday Morning" of July 12, and this for the first time !
The estimation of the total cost, 2 trillion yen according to President Yoshiro Mori of the Organizing Committee, has shocked the public. One hundred times less fund(34.5 billion yen) has been spent for coping with the contaminated water problem at the Fukushima Daiichi ! Today, power failure is reported for the underground frozen wall construction project and also for the nitrogen purge needed to prevent hydrogen explosion !

The image of the Olympic Games is being decisively tarnished.
A director general of the Ministry of Education and Science in charge of the National Stadium has been replaced. The pursuit of responsibilities has thus started.
A change in the public opinion is certainly taking place.
What is at stake is integrity and morality.
I am convinced that an honorable retreat from the Games is now the only adequate solution.
Please allow me to count on your support.

With highest regards,

Mitsuhei Murata
Former Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland



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