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Japan Considers Zero-Spectator Olympics Amid Backlash Over Covid Surge Japan Considers Zero-Spectator Olympics Amid Backlash Over Covid Surge We are prepared for no spectators, Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Japan Olympic Organizing Committee, said late last month. Initially, 6,00,000 fans from abroad had been projected to attend the games. After a year of empty bleachers and fake crowd noises, sports fans are returning to stadiums around the world. But the one arena where they might not be welcome is the biggest event of all. Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics are set to decide next month if local spectators will be allowed to attend events, even as Japan works to tamp down a wave of infections that has cast doubt over the prospects of a mass gathering with cheering fans. Public opinion, already strongly against holding the games at all, is trending toward support for a zero-spectator Games.

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