China News Service, March 20. According to a report by the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), on the evening of the 20th local time, the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, the Japanese government and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government organized a five-party meeting It was unanimously decided that the Tokyo Olympics will not receive overseas audiences.
The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee stated that with this decision, it will refund about 600,000 tickets that have been sold.
Data map: Tickets for the Tokyo Olympics.
According to reports, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee stated that it has sold about 600,000 Olympic tickets and about 30,000 Paralympic tickets to regions outside of Japan, and will handle a series of procedures such as refunds for overseas audiences who purchase tickets.
Affected by the new crown epidemic, the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, originally scheduled to be held in July 2020, have been postponed to July 23 and August 24, 2021, respectively.