By DAISUKE MAEDA/ Staff Writer
March 21, 2021 at 17:56 JST
Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on March 20 after talks with relevant officials. (Pool)
Japan's decision to bar international spectators at the Tokyo Olympics is a bitter pill for the government to swallow in light of its earlier hopes of hosting the events in their entirety to help kickstart the battered tourism industry. [Read More]
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