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Local media: Overseas fans likely to be barred from Tokyo Games

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Seiko Hashimoto, President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, attends a media briefing after a council meeting in Tokyo, Japan March 3, 2021. [ REUTERS]

Overseas spectators are likely to be shut out from the Tokyo Olympics, Japanese media reported Thursday, after organisers said that public safety would be the "top priority" at the coronavirus-delayed Games.

The Japanese government, Tokyo metropolitan government and Tokyo 2020 organising committee are leaning towards holding the massive event in front of a domestic audience only, the Yomiuri Shimbun and other outlets said.

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