U.S. warns against travel to Japan with Olympics just 2 months away

The U.S. State Department on Monday advised its citizens not to visit Japan due to a surge in coronavirus cases, raising its travel alert to the highest level of 4 just two months before the start of the Tokyo Olympics.Although the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee played down concerns that the alert would affect the participation of American athletes in the Summer Games, the latest development could raise further safety questions about whether the global sporting event should go ahead amid the ongoing pandemic."We feel confident that the current mitigation practices in place for athlet…READ FULL ARTICLE