Games organizers, govt officials to meet on March 3

The Yomiuri Shimbun

12:06 JST, February 27, 2021

The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the central and Tokyo metropolitan governments, the International Olympic Committee, and the International Paralympic Committee are finalizing arrangements to hold a meeting of top officials on March 3.

They are expected to discuss measures to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic and whether or not to allow spectators from overseas, according to a source close to the Games.

The government plans to make a decision on the handling of overseas visitors as soon as possible, based on the results of the five-party meeting.

At a press conference on Friday, Olympic minister Tamayo Marukawa said, deciding whether or not to welcome overseas visitors “will be very difficult.”