Most Japanese don't want foreign fans at Tokyo Olympics

Women work out in front of the Olympic rings near the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan January 22, 2021. [REUTERS]

More than 75 percent of Japanese oppose overseas fans attending the Tokyo Olympics, a poll showed Monday, as organisers prepare to make a decision on foreign spectators.

The poll, by the Yomiuri Shimbun daily, found that only 18 percent of people who responded were in favour of foreign spectators being allowed into Japan for the coronavirus-delayed Games, with 77 percent against.