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Spectators from abroad to be barred from Tokyo Olympics

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organizing Committee attends a press conference following the Tokyo 2020 Executive Board meeting on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Former Olympian Hashimoto was named president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee after a meeting of its executive board, which is 80% male. She replaces 83-year-old Yoshiro Mori, a former Japanese prime minister who was forced to resign last week after making sexist comments about women.  (Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool Photo via AP)

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organizing Committee attends a press conference following the Tokyo 2020 Executive Board meeting on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Former Olympian Hashimoto was named president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee after a meeting of its executive board, which is 80% male. She replaces 83-year-old Yoshiro Mori, a former Japanese prime minister who was forced to resign last week after making sexist comments about women. (Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool Photo via AP)