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Tokyo 2020 organisers say to refund around 600,000 Olympic tickets

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(FILE) Interior view of the new National Stadium, venue of the opening and closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Tokyo, Japan, 15 December 2019 (reissued on 19 March 2021). The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics Organizing Committee, Japan's officials and International Olympic and Paralympic committees are scheduled to meet on 20 March 2021 to decide on welcoming or not overseas spectators at the Tokyo 2020 Games amid the coronavirus pandemic. EPA-EFE/FRANCK ROBICHON

TOKYO, March 20 (Reuters) – Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics will refund around 600,000 tickets for the Games and another 300,000 for the Paralympics, the chief executive of the organising committee said.

Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto made the comment at a news conference on Saturday after organisers said they would bar international spectators from entering Japan for the Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Muto said they would not be announcing how much the refunds would cost. (Reporting by Sakura Murakami; Writing by David Dolan; Editing by Alexander Smith)

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