People from overseas related to the Tokyo Games have expressed concern over designated buses they are required to take as part of anti-coronavirus rules. They say the vehicles they took were so crowded that social distancing was impossible.
The anti-virus protocol bars media representatives and other Games-related people from using public transportation for 14 days after they enter Japan.
They are required to take buses and other vehicles the Tokyo organizing committee has arranged exclusively for them in moving around competition venues, hotels, the media center and other places.
A staffer at a US newspaper who took a bus last week told NHK that it was crowded, with many people standing.
The staffer said there was no social distancing on the bus, and expressed concern over possible infections.
The person asked for improvement of the situation, saying that overcrowded buses are a serious problem for those in their 14-day quarantine.
Some foreign media representatives posted photos on social media of the inside of the buses, along with comments pointing out the lack of social distancing, as well as the use of jump seats and the resulting close proximity among passengers. Such posts were mainly made soon after the Olympics opened.
Officials of the Tokyo Games organizing committee say they are aware some buses were crowded.
They say they have been trying to ease the congestion by allotting more buses during the peak time.
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