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
School staff and parents of pupils in the Furness area are being invited to take part in a district-wide challenge. Currently, schools are closed to all students apart from vulnerable pupils and children of key workers due to the government s new lockdown restrictions against the Covid-19 pandemic. With schools now closed, the Travel To Tokyo challenge is calling on Furness school staff and parents to accumulatively run, walk or cycle the equivalent distance to Japan National Stadium before the schools reopen to all students again. Tokyo is the chosen city as it is set to host the Olympics this summer after last year s event was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.