Olympic refunds offered

Olympics: Japanbased ticketholders for the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be able to apply for refunds from November 10, Games organisers said yesterday.

Since deciding to postpone the Games until 2021 because of the Covid19 pandemic, organisers have said ticketholders could apply for refunds if they no longer wanted to attend.

Organisers said yesterday they would accept refund requests for Olympics tickets from those residing in Japan from November 1030 and for Paralympic ticketholders from December 121.

Those living outside Japan had to originally purchase their tickets from Authorised Ticket Resellers (ATRs) and each ATR would be individually responsible for their own refund procedures, according to Tokyo 2020.

Organisers have sold over five million tickets for the Olympics and Paralympics but have yet to decide whether spectators would be allowed into venues when the Games start on July 23 next year. — Reuters