Tokyo Games delay decision until June on fans or no fans

TOKYO: Japanese residents with tickets to the Tokyo Olympics may not know until weeks before the games open if they'll be allowed to attend.

Fans from abroad have already been barred, and on Wednesday organizing committee president Seiko Hashimoto said a decision on venue capacity or if there will be any fans at all, or just empty venues may not be made until June. She had previously promised that decision for this month.

"We are still studying the timing," Hashimoto said at a news conference in Tokyo after she and CEO Toshiro Muto finished an online, closed-door briefing with the IOC executive board in Switzerland.

She confirmed that June was an option. I guess we need a little more time to make a proper judgment."