Dear Friends,
I am sending you my message sent out today to President Bach of the
IOC,conveying the wish of the Japanese civil society to have the
decision of the cancellation made as soon as possible.
The weekly magazine ”Shukan Kinyoubi”(Weekly Friday), published on 29
May,revealed a secret paper of an American major travel agency close to
the US Government, in which it is stated that” the cancellation of the
Tokyo Olympic Games has already been decided upon”. It has shocked the
public.
Moreover, the Kyoto Newspaper of June 4 published an interview article
in which Mr.Genshitsu Sen, member of the Japanese Olympic Organizing
Committee, and renowned master of the ceremony of tea, pointed out the
necessity of studying the possibility of the cancellation of the
postponed Olympic games in view of the mounting criticism because of
the worsening economic crisis.
The International Community, or the International Civil Society has a
crucial role to play hereafter. I am again reminded of the following
warning by an ancient Chinese philosopher, Laozi. It is consistent with
the law of history that does not allow immorality to last indefinitely.
“Heaven’s vengeance is slow, but sure.”
With warmest and highest regards,
Mitsuhei Murata
Former Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland
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