Japan to cut No. of visiting Tokyo Games officials to less than 90,000

The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games will reduce the number of visiting officials to this summer's games to 90,000 or fewer as part of its simplification efforts, the committee's CEO said Thursday.Toshiro Muto told reporters that prior to last year's postponement, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the committee was expecting a total of about 180,000 officials from overseas.The number of athletes has remained unchanged at about 15,000, but Muto said the number of officials may be cut further, depending on the situation of infections.The organizing committee has b…READ FULL ARTICLE