Concerns mount on trace app for potential foreign Olympic fans in Japan
February 24, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
This photo shows a board in front of Yokohama Stadium calling for visitors to take coronavirus countermeasures in October 2020. (Kyodo)
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Questions have been raised over a smartphone app being developed to track potential foreign visitors' whereabouts during the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics amid the pandemic, due to its hefty cost and the amount of work left to do with five months to go.
Japan is to decide by the end of spring on the number of spectators at each venue and whether to accept fans from overseas. The app is seen as a disease control "lifeline," according to a games source, should overseas fans be allowed into the country.