Tokyo Olympics: Maximum of 10,000 fans to be allowed for each sporting event

Only residents of Japan will be allowed to attend the Games this summer.

Tokyo Olympics organising committee on Monday confirmed that the spectator limit for the Games has been set at 50 percent of venue capacity, up to a maximum of 10,000 people. The decision on the Paralympic Games will be made by July 16. Residents of Japan will be allowed to attend the Games this summer. "During a meeting held between the five parties earlier today, the IOC, IPC, Tokyo 2020, Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Government of Japan agreed for the spectator limit for the Olympic Games to be set at "50 percent of venue capacity, up to a maximum of 10,000 people" at all venues, taking into consideration the government's restrictions on public events," the organising committee said in an official statement.