Tokyo Olympics Organizers Bar Overseas Spectators

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, on right screen, delivers an opening speech while Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto, front left, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, on left screen, and Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa listen at a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons in Tokyo on March 20, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool Photo via AP

TOKYO—At last, it’s official after countless unsourced news reports and speculation: spectators from abroad will be barred from the postponed Tokyo Olympics when they open in four months.

The decision was announced March 20 after an online meeting of the International Olympic Committee, the Japanese government, the Tokyo government, the International Paralympic Committee, and local organizers.