The government announced on the 24th that it will not send a government delegation by high-ranking ministers and other officials over the response to the Beijing Winter Olympics in February next year. Mr. Seiko Hashimoto, Chairman of the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympics and Paralympics, and three other members of the House of Councilors will attend. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno announced at a press conference. The Japanese national team will participate in the tournament as scheduled. It shows a stance of cooperating with the United States and the United Kingdom, which announced a “diplomatic boycott” that does not dispatch government representatives because of human rights issues. ..
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