With under one month to go until the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics begin, main sponsor Toyota has intensified the final practice runs of its e-Palette electric autonomous vehicles that will ferry athletes and staff from the Olympic Village to venues and back. And so far, everything is running smooth and driverless.

TODAY, FOLLOWING THE DECISION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN (GOJ) TO ANNOUNCE A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN TOKYO, THE FIVE PARTIES, NAMELY THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC), THE INTERNATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE (IPC), THE TOKYO 2020 ORGANISING COMMITTEE, THE TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (TMG) AND THE GOJ CAME TOGETHER FOR A MEETING.