Japan’s government will begin talks soon on potentially halving the number of official travellers to the country for this year’s Olympics to around 30,000 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Kyodo news agency reported on Friday.
Citing a source with knowledge of the matter, the report added that the government aims to cut the number of visitors who are not directly related to competition.
Around 90,000 people are expected to enter the country from overseas for the delayed Games, including about 30,000 athletes, coaches and team members.
The report added that talks are expected to begin shortly with the affected organisations.
Olympic organisers said …
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