Tokyo Olympics, Abandonment of overseas spectators…Consider halving the domestic audience.

Correspondent Kim Ho-joon = It has been officially decided that foreign spectators will not be accepted during the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics to be held in July this year.

Kyodo News and NHK reported that the Japanese government, 출장마사지 Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the organizing committee of the tournament, the International Olympic Committee, and the International Paralympic Committee held an online five-way meeting on the evening of the 20th.

The decision is believed to have been made to dispel the Japanese people's anxiety about hosting the Tokyo Olympics as the coronavirus outbreak is still severe around the world.

Kyodo News reported that it seems unrealistic to receive Japanese visitors from the Tokyo Olympics, which is estimated to reach millions, at a time when the Japanese government does not allow new foreigners to enter the country due to concerns over the spread of Korona19.

The five-party meeting was attended by Seiko Hashimoto, the organizing committee chairman, Tamayo Marukawa, the Japanese government's Olympic director, Yuriko Koike, IOC President Thomas Bach and IPC Chairman Andrew Parsons.

Earlier, at the first five-way meeting held on the 3rd, they agreed to decide whether to accept overseas spectators during the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this month.

So far, 630,000 tickets have been sold overseas for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, and the refund process is expected to proceed.

The Japanese government and the organizing committee have decided not to accept volunteers from the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics who live abroad.

The upper limit for spectators at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic stadiums will be decided sometime next month.

The Japanese government and the organizing committee are reportedly proposing three measures: ▲ No ceiling on spectators ▲ 50 percent reduction in spectators ▲ zero tolerance.

In this regard, 대구오피Kyodo News reported on the same day, citing multiple officials, that it is considering receiving only 50 percent of the stadium's spectators.

Large stadiums that accommodate tens of thousands of people, including soccer stadiums, may impose stricter restrictions on the acceptance of domestic spectators.