Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto and CEO Toshiro Muto attend a press conference in Tokyo, Japan July 8, 2021. Behrouz Mehri/Pool via REUTERS
TOKYO (Reuters) -Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers have bowed to political pressure and rising COVID-19 infections and banned almost all fans from the Games just two weeks before they start, after insisting that they could go ahead with spectators.
The decision, made after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced on Thursday a fourth state of emergency for the capital, all but robs the Games https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2020-coronavirus-factbox-idCAKCN2EE1IO of their last hope for pomp and public spectacle.
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