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Deputy Executive Director, Marketing & Senior Director of Ticketing of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee Suzuki Hidenori (left) and Spokesperson of Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee Masa Takaya attend a press conference regarding Olympic and Paralympic Games tickets in Tokyo. Tokyo Olympic organizers stated that spectators would be barred from most events at the Games after a new state of emergency was announced in response to a surge in coronavirus cases.

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Two more prefectures outside Tokyo area not allowing spectators

by Stephen Wade AP Sports WriterJuly 11, 2021

TOKYO (AP) — Two more prefectures outside the immediate Tokyo area have decided to bar fans from attending Olympic events because of rising coronavirus infections, Tokyo Olympic organizers confirmed on Saturday with the pandemic-delayed games opening…

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach (on-screen) and Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto, left, wave at the beginning of the five-party meeting in Tokyo, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP)

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Japan bans fans at Tokyo-area Olympics venues due to virus

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press, and Stephen Wade Associated PressJuly 8, 2021

In this May 11, 2021, file photo, athletes compete in the men's 400-meter T20 race during an athletics test event for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Games at National Stadium in Tokyo. The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics are shaping up as a TV-only event with few fans — if any — being allowed when they open in just over two weeks. Japan's Asahi newspaper, citing multiple unidentified government sources, says the opening ceremony will be limited only to VIP guests. (AP Photo/Shuji...

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Tokyo Olympics shaping up as TV-only event with few fans

by Stephen Wade Associated Press, and Kantaro Komiya Associated PressJuly 6, 2021

Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto leaves a news conference after a meeting with local municipalities working group hosted by the government in Tokyo Wednesday, June 23, 2021, on the day to mark one month to go until the opening of the Olympic Games. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)

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Hashimoto: ‘No spectators’ still possible for Tokyo Olympics

by Stephen Wade Associated PressJune 25, 2021

Workers paste the overlay on the wall of the National Stadium, where opening ceremony and many other events are scheduled for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in Tokyo. Roads are being closed off around Tokyo Olympic venues including the new 1.4 billion National Stadium where the opening ceremony is set for July 23(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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All roads – blocked off roads – lead to Tokyo

by Stephen Wade Associated Press, and Kantaro Komiya Associated PressJune 8, 2021

An ignition ceremony for the Tokyo Olympic torch relay is held at Heiwadai Athletic Stadium in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The torch relay was taken off public roads due to the coronavirus pandemic. The next week's torch relay is being pulled off the streets in Hiroshima prefecture, too, as COVID-19 cases rise in Japan. This is at least the sixth change to the relay - from rerouting to cancellation - in the last several weeks as cases surge in Japan....

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay pulled off streets in Hiroshima

by Stephen Wade Associated PressMay 11, 2021

Former Olympian Aya Terakawa, participating as an Olympic torch relay runner, poses for the media before she carries the torch during the first day of the Osaka round at a former Expo site in Suita, north of Osaka, western Japan, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic kick-off event which was rescheduled due to the coronavirus outbreak was yet rearranged to hold at the former Expo park, instead of public streets, to close off the audience from the even, following the mayor's decision as Osaka has had sharp increases in daily cases since early March. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

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Olympic torch runs through empty park in Osaka as cases rise

by Stephen Wade Associated PressApril 13, 2021

Tokyo Olympic President Yoshiro Mori, left, talks with other board members wearing protective face masks upon arrival at the Tokyo 2020 Executive Board Meeting in Tokyo, Japan Monday, March 30, 2020. President Mori said Monday he expects to talk with IOC President Thomas Bach this week about rescheduling the games for next year. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)

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Tokyo Olympics rescheduled for July 23-Aug. 8 in 2021

by Stephen Wade AP Sports WriterMarch 30, 2020

FILE - In this March 20, 2020, file photo, Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori carries the Olympic flame during the Flame Arrival Ceremony at Japan Air Self-Defense Force Matsushima Base in Higashimatsushima in Miyagi Prefecture, north of Tokyo. Tokyo Olympic organizers seem to be leaning away from starting the rescheduled games in the spring of 2021. More and more the signs point toward the summer of 2021. Organizing committee President Mori suggested there would be no major...

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Signs signal spring is out

by Stephen Wade AP Sports WriterMarch 29, 2020

The Olympic Rings are displayed at the entrance of the IOC, International Olympic Committee headquarters during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

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Tokyo Olympics officially postponed until 2021

by Eddie Pells Associated Press, Stephen Wade Associated Press, and Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressMarch 24, 2020