IOC President Thomas Bach appeared in public on Tuesday for the first time since arriving in Tokyo last week and with the pandemic-postponed Olympics opening in just 10 days. Bach tripped over his words, referring to the "Chinese people" rather than "Japanese people." Bach's comments in the briefing were interpreted from English to Japanese, but the slip was not included in the interpretations. Bach ended his speech with a Japanese phrase: "Gambari mashou," which translates as "Let's do our best." The office of the Japanese prime minister said Tuesday that 18.5% of Japanese are fully vaccinated.

Source: Fox News July 13, 2021 09:11 UTC