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Tokyo Olympic Games will not have overseas spectators due to COVID-19
Organisers have banned foreign spectators from this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games and Paralympics, warning the global COVID-19 situation remains too challenging to allow their entry to Japan.
Key points:
- Polling showed most Japanese were wary of letting in international spectators
- About 1 million tickets are estimated to have been sold overseas
- Organisers say ticket holders will be given refunds
Around 1 million tickets are estimated to have been sold overseas and organisers say they will be refunded.
Polls showed a majority of the Japanese public were wary about letting in international spectators to watch the games as the country grapples with the tail end of a third wave of coronavirus.
“Based on the present situation of the pandemic, it is…
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