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Paralympics to Go Without Fans as Tokyo Battles Virus Surge
The running track and field at the National Stadium, the main venue for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Photographer: Noriko Hayashi/BloombergThe Paralympics will be held without fans at venues in the Tokyo region as the Japanese capital battles its worst-yet surge of coronavirus.
All events in Tokyo and neighboring prefectures of Saitama and Chiba, as well as in Shizuoka, will be held without spectators during the games running from Aug. 24 through Sept. 5, the Tokyo Organizing Committee said on Monday. Tokyo is scrambling to control ballooning virus cases, which have prompted the metropolitan and national governments to consider extending a state of emergency in the capital, currently set to be lifted at the end of August.