Nearly 80% of the Japanese public citizens are opposed to allowing fans from overseas into the country to attend the Olympic games.
The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee will bar spectators from abroad from attending the summer games to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Olympic officials announced on Saturday. The decision was announced during an online meeting of the committee, the Japanese government, the Tokyo government, the Paralympic Committee and local organizers, according to AP and other news sources. “In order to give clarity to ticket holders living overseas and to enable them to adjust their travel plans at this stage, the parties on the Japanese side have come to the conclusion that they will not be able to enter Japan at the time of the Olympic and Paralympic Games,” the Tokyo organizing committee said in a statement.
