Tokyo Olympics puts off spectator decision as COVID strains spread

With new state of emergency looming, move could come in May

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The National Stadium, the main venue for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics: Organizers are considering putting off a decision on spectators as COVID cases rise in Japan. © Reuters

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics are weighing whether to delay until May or later a decision over restrictions on domestic spectators at the games, Nikkei has learned, as new COVID-19 variants spread in Japan.

The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee is set to propose delay a decision on spectators at a five-party meeting of the committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the central government, the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee to be held at the end of April.

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