Foreign spectators non grata.
The Olympic Games Organizing Committee announced on Saturday March 20 that due to the coronavirus epidemic, foreigners will not be allowed to attend the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for this summer.
"In order to clarify the situation for ticket holders living abroad and allow them to adjust their travel plans at this stage, the Japanese side have come to the conclusion that they (the spectators, Editor's note) do not will not be able to enter Japan at the time of the Games ", according to a statement specifying that the international Olympic bodies accepted this decision.
Tickets purchased outside of Japan will be refunded, he said in the press release.
These Olympics-2020, scheduled from July 23 to August 8, 2021, were postponed for a year last year due to the global health crisis.
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