Japan’s government will decide whether to let overseas spectators attend the Summer Olympics in Tokyo by the end of March, Olympics Minister Tamayo Marukawa said on Wednesday. The Mainichi newspaper earlier reported that the government was planning to ban overseas spectators due to worries they would spread the coronavirus, citing multiple unnamed sources. “On the matter of overseas spectators ... The Tokyo Olympic Games were postponed last year because of the pandemic and rescheduled to take place this year from July 23. Japan has so far confirmed 431,250 coronavirus cases and 7,931 deaths as of Monday.

Source: The Star March 03, 2021 12:33 UTC