Japan Today reports Hiroshima may ask that it’s plan for a 2020 Summer Olympic Games bid could include that the Games would open on the August 6 anniversary of the city’s atomic bombing.
Sources said Hiroshima officials are expected to put together their draft bid later this month and decide by the end of the year whether to announce a bid.
There had been a plan to inaugurate the Games on August 7, right after the anniversary day when the annual peace memorial ceremony is held with world leaders attending, reports Japan Today.
But sports officials are now proposing August 6, because holding the Opening Ceremony on the atomic bombing day would signal a message of a “peace Olympic Games” to the world.
Hiroshima’s proposed plan centres on the use of temporary sports facilities to cut down on costs, sources told Japan Today.
