跟读训练：日本首相重申(reiterate)明年夏天如期举办奥运的决心

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[Japan Reiterates Tokyo Olympics Will Be Held as Planned]
Japanese capital Tokyo today reported nearly 900 newly-added covid-19 confirmed cases, the second highest increase on record.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga verified today that pharmaceutical company Pfizer has subscribed an application for the vaccine it developed, and has conducted two experiments in the country. The government will collect key clinical trial data for COVID-19 vaccine by next February to approve a vaccine as soon as possible. Suga also said he is determined to hold the postponed Tokyo Olympics by next summer as a symbol of global solidarity. Tokyo Olympic officials announced today that they have reached a "basic agreement" with all 68 domestic sponsors to extend their contracts into next year to support the postponed Games. According to the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, they have received requests for refunds for 21 percent of the Paralympic tickets, higher than the former refund rate of Olympic tickets, which was 18 percent. All the refunded tickets will be resold in the future.

日本疫情依旧严峻。首都东京周四新增确诊病例近900例，创下新高。

首相菅义伟证实，辉瑞公司已经就其研发的疫苗向日本政府提出审批申请，并已经在日本国内实施了两次试验，政府将在明年2月前总结关键试验数据以期尽快批准。

菅义伟同时重申了在明年夏天如期举办奥运会的决心。东京奥组委今天也宣布，他们已经"压哨"同所有68家国内赞助商达成了"基本协议"，这些日本企业同意将赞助合同延长一年。

不过，在刚刚关闭的残奥会门票退票窗口期内，有约20万张票的持有人已经申请退票，退票率达到21%，高于此前奥运会门票18%的退票率；所有的奥运会和残奥会门票的退票，将被重新发售。