Japan to limit overseas officials, workers at Tokyo Games to 78,000

The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee will limit the number of overseas officials and workers at the games to roughly 78,000, less than half the initial figure, as a measure against the coronavirus, sources close to the matter said Thursday.Although the organizing committee had expected a total of around 180,000 officials and workers from overseas prior to last year's one-year postponement of the games due to the pandemic, Toshiro Muto, the organizing body's CEO, said last week it would cut the number to 90,000 or fewer.While the number of Olympic and Paralympic athletes has…READ FULL ARTICLE