Tokyo organisers expected to discuss foreign spectators on Saturday

TOKYO - Tokyo Olympics organisers will meet with Japanese government officials on Saturday, the local organising committee said, with discussion of whether to allow in foreign spectators expected to be on the agenda.

The meeting, from 6 p.m. (0900 GMT), will be held by the Tokyo 2020 organising committee, the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the central government of Japan, Tokyo 2020 said in a statement on Friday. Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto and Chief Executive Toshiro Muto will hold a news conference after the meeting.