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Guests pose for photographers during the unveiling ceremony for Olympic Flame of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay at empty Komazawa Olympic Park, in Tokyo, Japan, on July 9, 2021. Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo
TOKYO—Tokyo Olympic organizers are holding out hope that the Paralympic Games might allow some fans.
Organizers and the International Olympic Committee on Thursday banned all fans from Olympic venues in Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures because of surging COVID-19 cases.
