THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 17, 2021 at 14:44 JST
An online meeting is held on Aug. 16 involving, from left, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, Seiko Hashimoto, chairwoman of the Tokyo Paralympic organizing committee, Andrew Parsons, president of the International Paralympic Committee, and Tamayo Marukawa, state minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. (Pool)
Tokyo Paralympic organizers decided to ban general spectators from the events that begin on Aug. 24, but schoolchildren will still be invited to attend despite the still surging number of new COVID-19 cases. [Read More]
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