World leaders from 15 nations to attend opening ceremony

World leaders who have already promised their attendance are French President Emmanuel Macron, Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene and US first lady Jill Biden among others

Leaders from around 15 countries are expected to attend Friday’s opening ceremony of the COVID-hit Tokyo Olympics.

Reports in Japan have suggested that those attending the ceremony in person could be as low as 1,000 due to the pandemic. The decision to limit the number of attendees during the opening ceremony at the National Stadium here was taken in view of the organisers’ efforts to control the raging COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japanese government Katsunobu Kato was quoted as saying by ‘Kyodo news agency.

World leaders who have already promised their attendance are French President Emmanuel Macron, Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene and US first lady Jill Biden among others.

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