Japan bans fans at Tokyo-area Olympics venues due to virus

Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto looks on after the five-party meeting in Tokyo, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP)

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach (on-screen) and Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto, left, wave at the beginning of the five-party meeting in Tokyo, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP)

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach waves from the vehicle to media upon his arrival an accommodation Thursday, July 8, 2021, in Tokyo. Bach arrived on Thursday, July 8, 2021, in Tokyo as Japan Prime Minister Yoshihde Suga was set to declare a state of emergency that is likely to result in a ban on fans from the Tokyo Olympics as coronavirus infections spread across the capital. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto attends a press conference, in Tokyo, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP)

Pedestrians walk past a giant public TV with a live broadcast of a news conference by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga after he announced a state of emergency because of rising coronavirus infections Thursday, July 8, 2021, in Tokyo. Suga said the state of emergency would go in effect on Monday and last through Aug. 22. This means the Olympics, opening on July 23 and running through Aug. 8, will be held entirely under emergency measures. The Paralympics open on Aug. 24. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto, right, and CEO Toshiro Muto attend a press conference, in Tokyo, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP)

Tokyo 2020 organising committee vice-president Toshiaki Endo, second left, speaks with Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto after the five-party meeting in Tokyo, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo, Thursday, July 8, 2021. Suga declared the fourth state of emergency would go in effect on Monday and last through Aug. 22. This means the Olympics, opening on July 23 and running through Aug. 8, will be held entirely under emergency measures. (Nicolas Datiche/Pool Photo via AP)

Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto, left, and Tokyo Olympics Minister Tamayo Marukawa attend the local municipalities working group meeting in Tokyo, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP)