Tokyo Olympics' visiting media contingent to be tracked with GPS

Organizers call rules 'acceptable' in light of COVID, eye more vaccines

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Tokyo 2020 organizing committee president Seiko Hashimoto, right, and committee CEO Toshiro Muto chat before the start of an executive board meeting on June 8. © Reuters

RURIKA IMAHASHI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- International journalists covering the Tokyo Olympics this summer will be subjected to close monitoring as a coronavirus precaution, including via GPS, the games' organizers told reporters on Tuesday.

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