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Olympics To Be Held Without Spectators Amid COVID-19 State Of Emergency
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The Tokyo games, which will open in two weeks, was reduced to a made-for-TV event as coronavirus cases continue to rise across Japan's capital.
TOKYO (AP) — Fans were banned from the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics which will open in two weeks, following a state of emergency on Thursday, Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa told the Japanese news agency Kyodo. The ban was announced by the International Olympic Committee and Japanese organizers, reducing the games to a made-for-TV event. Fans from aboard were banned months ago, and the new measures announced by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will clear venues around Tokyo — indoor and outdoor — of any fans at all.More Related News