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the Olympic Y Paralympic Games in Tokyo are going to go ahead with no spectators abroad, according to reports from Kyodo News agency.
The Olympic Games are scheduled to open on July 23 and the Paralympic Games are scheduled for August 24, a year later. Tokyo 2020 It was scheduled to take place, but was instead delayed a year due to the pandemic.
Now it appears that foreign fans will not be able to travel to see the Games, which would apparently rule out the families of the athletes as well.
Kyodo says the Japanese government and the organizing committee are expected to hold a meeting with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later this month to make a formal decision on the absence of foreign visitors.
They claim that the “government has concluded that it is not possible to welcome fans from abroad given the Japanese public’s concern about the coronavirus and the fact that more contagious variants have been detected in many countries, according to officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity. . “
On March 3, the representatives of the five organizing bodies, among which is also the International Paralympic Committee (IOC) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, agreed to make a decision on foreign viewers later this month.
They will then make a call in April about the number of spectators that will be allowed to enter the venues.
The opening ceremony of the torch relay will also be held without spectators to prevent the spread of the virus, officials with knowledge of the planning also said Tuesday.
The organizing committee says it is essential to hold the ceremony in the northeastern prefecture of Fukushima behind closed doors, allowing only participants and guests to participate in the event, to avoid large crowds forming amid the pandemic, officials said.
Following the ceremony at the J-Village soccer training center, some 10,000 runners will carry the flame through Japan’s 47 prefectures before the opening of the Olympics.
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