Tokyo Olympics Ready to Announce Ban on Fans From Abroad

Tokyo Olympics Ready to Announce Ban on Fans From Abroad
Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, walks in the venue of a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on March 19, 2021. (Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo
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TOKYO—Tokyo organizers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are poised to finally make it official that most fans from abroad will be prohibited from attending the postponed Olympics when they open in four months.

The announcement is expected to come after “five-party” talks on Saturday with the IOC, local organizers, the Japanese government, the Tokyo metropolitan government, and the International Paralympic Committee.