As Covid-19 vaccination programmes began rolling out around the world at the beginning of this year, there was a flicker of hope that, come summer, social distancing restrictions and travel bans would lift, life would get back to somewhat-normal, and 2021 would be saved.
For anyone looking forward to this year s staging of the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the timing seemed perfect: scheduled for July 23rd through August 8th, the Tokyo games would have been the ultimate
I m-free-from-lockdown bucket list trip abroad. Unfortunately, it seems like an overseas trip to Japan won t be possible, at least for the time being.
According to a report from Kyodo News, a Japanese new agency, the government has decided to exclude overseas spectators from attending this summer s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics because of ongoing uncertainties around coronavirus mutations in regions around the world. Although the official announcement regarding this travel ban on foreigners has yet to be