Japan to keep foreign spectators away from Tokyo Olympics, sources say
By Yoshifumi Takemoto, Chris Gallagher
March 9, 2021
Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has decided to stage this summer’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics without overseas spectators due to public concern about COVID-19, two government sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.
The Olympics, postponed by a year because of the pandemic, are scheduled for July 23 to Aug. 8 and the Paralympics from Aug. 24 to Sept. 5. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has said a decision on spectators would be made by the end of March.
The government has concluded that welcoming fans from abroad would not be possible given public concern about the coronavirus and the detection of more contagious variants in many countries, the people said, declining to be identified because the information is not public. ...
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What if they held an Olympics and nobody came? I guess we'll find out.
