Japan to avoid Tokyo 2020 cancellation with ‘simplified’ Games

Country to discuss options with the IOC. FMTNews

TOKYO: Japan will consider various options such as having fewer spectators and mandatory coronavirus testing for a “simplified” Olympic Games next year to avoid the outright cancellation of the event, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Thursday.

The Yomiuri, citing government and organising committee sources, said making Polymerase chain reaction tests mandatory for all spectators – in addition to athletes and staff – and limiting movement in and out of the athletes village were among the options Japan would discuss with the IOC.

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