Overseas fans will be barred from the Olympics for the first time.
TOKYO: The vast majority of Japanese agree with the decision to bar overseas spectators from the Tokyo Olympics, a new poll found Monday, with support for the Games still low but growing.
Organisers took the unprecedented decision to ban overseas fans from this summer’s virus-delayed Games on Saturday, calling the move disappointing but “unavoidable” because of safety fears during the pandemic.
A poll by the Asahi Shimbun daily found that 85% of respondents think overseas fans should be barred from the event, with only 11% saying they should be allowed to attend.
The poll, which received responses from 1,564 people on Saturday and Sunday, found that less than one third of respondents (27%) think the Games should be held this summer.
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