As the Covid state of emergency for the Tokyo area is extended until March 21, Japanese newspapers are reporting that overseas visitors will not be permitted to attend the Olympics there this summer.
Japan plans to limit the number of people allowed into the country at about 2,000 a day, with exceptions allowed once the state of emergency is lifted in Tokyo. The figure includes Japanese nationals returning to the country. In the meantime, exceptions for foreign athletes to train in Japan have been suspended.
The official decision on foreign spectators is expected by the end of March. But already an edict is in place that there can be no chanting or singing in the Olympic stadiums due to the fear of spreading Covid. A majority of Japanese citizens are against having foreign nationals come in as spectators for the Olympics.