Coronavirus: Japan cuts size of foreign Olympics delegations as opposition to Games grows

Organisers of the Tokyo Olympic Games say they have lowered the number of foreigners coming to Japan as athletes, support staff or media workers to about 69,000, although a leading infections expert is calling for that figure to be cut even further.Before the coronavirus pandemic, the government, the organising committee and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) were anticipating around 200,000 foreign athletes, team officials, IOC members, media staff, and representatives of sponsors to…

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