Tickets purchased by residents abroad for the Deferred Games, scheduled to begin on July 23, will be refunded.
The decision was made after a virtual meeting between the “Five Parties”: the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG), the Organizing Committee of Tokyo 2020 and the Government of Japan. – with the IOC and the CPI saying that they “fully respect and accept this conclusion”.
“Currently, the situation of COVID-19 in Japan and many other countries in the world remains very difficult and several varieties of varieties have emerged, while international travel remains strictly restricted worldwide,” the statement said.
“Based on the current state of the pandemic, it is highly unlikely that entry into Japan will be guaranteed for overseas people this summer.
“In order to give clarity to ticket holders living abroad and allow them to adjust their travel plans at this stage, the Japanese side have come to the conclusion that they will not be able to enter Japan at the time of the Olympic and Paralympic Games “.
Organizers say the decision “will further contribute to ensuring safe games for all participants and the Japanese public” and will not affect accredited participants in the Games, who will have to continue to follow the “Tokyo Game Books 2020 “.
Organizers were forced to postpone the Olympics for the first time in event history in March 2020 due to the coronvairus pandemic.
The Games are scheduled to take place from July 23 to August 8 and the Paralympic Games from August 24 to September 5.
The country only began inoculating its population of 126 million people with Pfizer-BioNTech traits in late February, more than two months after the vaccine was introduced in other major countries.
In addition to the complications of Covid-19, both the head of the Tokyo Olympics, Yoshiro Mori, and the creative head of the Tokyo Olympics, Hiroshi Sasaki, were forced to resign after making derogatory comments about women.