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Seiko Hashimoto, left, President of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), and Toshiro Muto, CEO of Tokyo 2020, bow at the beginning of a news conference Thursday, March 11, 2021, following the International Olympic Committee (IOC) general meeting. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

IOC members worry about banning foreign fans from Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

A man and a woman look at the Olympic rings float in the water in the Odaiba section Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Tokyo. The Olympic Symbol was reinstalled after it was taken down for maintenance ahead of the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Olympic fans from abroad may have health tracked by app

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Toshiro Muto, CEO of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics organizing committee, speaks during a news conference Tuesday, June 11, 2019, in Tokyo. Next year's postponed Tokyo Olympics — if they happen — will be like no other, particularly for non-Japanese fans if they are allowed to enter in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tokyo organizing committee CEO Muto, after a meeting Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, about infection countermeasures, confirmed for the first time that a limited number of non-Japanese fans may be allowed to attend. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Tokyo Olympics may allow foreign fans; there will be rules

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

In this June 11, 2019, file photo, Toshiro Muto, CEO of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics organizing committee, listens to questions from the media during a news conference in Tokyo. Tokyo CEO Muto and other Olympic officials are proposing that the government relax immigration regulations, allowing athletes to enter the country before next year’s postponed games and train during a 14-day quarantine period. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) **FILE**

Tokyo Olympics CEO suggests relaxed entry rules for athletes

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 30, 2020, file photo, a man jogs past the Olympic rings in Tokyo. In a message delivered to IOC members, Friday, July 17, 2020, online, Tokyo organizing committee President Yoshiro Mori and CEO Toshiro Muto announced the competition schedule for next year's delayed Tokyo Olympics will remain almost identical to the one that would have been used this year. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Tokyo Olympic venues lined up, schedule remains the same

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

In this March 24, 2020, file photo, workers stand at the bottom of the Olympic rings at Tokyo's Odaiba district. Just two months after the unprecedented postponement. Chief Executive Toshiro Muto was asked Thursday, May 28, 2020 about progress rescheduling next year's Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) ** FILE **

Tokyo Olympics just beginning the race to reset themselves

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Tokyo Olympics officials have floated cost-cutting ideas for the 2021 Games, but no specific targets. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Uncertain costs put unconventional Tokyo Olympics in play for 2021

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 30, 2020, file photo, a man jogs past the Olympic rings in Tokyo. The chief executive of the Tokyo Olympics has promised “transparency” on Thursday, April 23, 2020, with the Japanese public over the cost of postponing the games until next year. Neither the Japanese Olympic organizers nor the International Olympic Committee has said what it will cost. Early estimates in Japan range between $2 billion and $6 billion. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Tokyo Olympic CEO promises ‘transparency’ over cost of delay

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 11, 2019, file photo, Toshiro Muto, CEO of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics organizing committee, listens to questions from the media during a news conference in Tokyo. As the virus spreads Muto acknowledged he can't guarantee the games can go forward next year. The Olympics were postponed last month with a new opening just under 16 months away. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Tokyo Olympic CEO hints games could be in doubt even in 2021

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Officials light a lantern from the Olympic Flame at the end of a flame display ceremony in Iwaki, northern Japan, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. IOC President Thomas Bach has agreed &quot;100%&quot; to a proposal of postponing the Tokyo Olympics for about one year until 2021 because of the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Tokyo’s delayed Olympics: Who pays bills for another year?

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Toshiro Muto, CEO of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, is surrounded by journalists during a news conference in Tokyo Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Tokyo Olympic organizers are pushing ahead with the Japanese leg of the torch relay that opens on March 26 despite the threat of the spreading coronavirus. Muto said that crowds will not be prohibited from gathering on the roadside. But he asked for restraint and warned the relay could be stopped or delayed. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Olympic torch relay goes on; Tokyo seeks crowd ‘restraint’

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Tourists wear masks as they pause for photos with the New National Stadium, a venue for the opening and closing ceremonies at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

Tokyo organizers, government take offensive on virus threat

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

Toshiro Muto, CEO of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics organizing committee, listens to questions from the media during a news conference Tuesday, June 11, 2019, in Tokyo. Cannabis has been legalized in some parts of the world. But the chief executive of next year’s Tokyo Olympic reminded potential visitors to the games substances is against the law in Japan.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Tokyo Olympics next year: Faster, Stronger, but not Higher

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Miraitowa, a mascot for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, is displayed at an Olympic Corner Tuesday, June 11, 2019, in Tokyo. Earlier, Tokyo Olympic organizers announced their gold, silver, and bronze medals would be made of discarded electronic devises. Now, they are going a step further. The podiums that athletes will mount to receive their medals next year in Tokyo will be made primarily of recycled household plastics.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Step up: Tokyo Olympics podiums made of discarded plastic

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Tokyo 2020 Olympics President Yoshiro Mori, left, and Tokyo Organizing Committee CEO of the 2020 Olympics Toshiro Muto, right, chat prior to the beginning of the Executive Board Meeting opening of Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympics an Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) in Tokyo Wednesday, March 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Tokyo Olympic CEO promises clean games for Japan

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Tokyo Organizing Committee of Tokyo 2020 Olympics CEO Toshiro Muto speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Muto said that uncertainty over the final budget will continue until 2019, the year before the Summer Games. “We will continue to explore more cost efficiencies,” Muto told the foreign media amid concerns regarding the higher-than-projected costs. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Tokyo 2020: Budget uncertainty will continue to 2019

By SHERRY ZHENG - Associated Press