The Japanese government has revised guidelines for local municipalities hosting foreign athletes who will participate in the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The guidelines were revised to enhance anti-coronavirus measures to be taken by municipalities that will accept foreign teams for pre-Games camps and exchanges with residents.

Police units from around Japan have been deployed to Tokyo to provide security, as there are just over three weeks to go until the Olympic Games start on July 23.

About 50 reinforcement officers attended a ceremony at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on Wednesday.

The organizing committee for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics has announced a project to allow fans around the world to join in rooting for athletes participating in the Games.

The organizers decided in March not to allow spectators to come from overseas. And for domestic supporters, a cap is planned for 50 percent of venue capacity, or up to 10,000 people.

Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have unveiled a plan to deploy as many as 18,000 private security guards daily during the event.

Thousands of security staff will patrol the 43 Olympic venues and surrounding neighborhoods, alongside local police.

Japan's Air Self-Defense Force says its aerobatic team will draw symbols representing the Olympics and Paralympics in the sky over Tokyo on the opening day of each event.

The team, known as Blue Impulse, from the Air Self-Defense Force base in Miyagi Prefecture will stage the aerobatic flights over the capital on July 23 and August 24.

Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics say a lottery will be held for tickets to seven sporting events, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies, to limit spectators in line with coronavirus safety rules.

The organizing committee has decided to restrict spectators at Olympic events to less than 50 percent of venue capacity, with a maximum of 10,000.

In exactly one month, the world's top athletes will celebrate the opening of the Tokyo Games. But before that happens, Olympic organizers have a lot of work to do.

They have just announced the latest guidelines for keeping fans, athletes -- and residents -- safe from the coronavirus.

The main broadcast center for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics has opened, one month before the event is due to kick off on July 23.

The International Broadcast Centre opened its doors on Wednesday in the East Halls of the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition center in Koto Ward. The venue will be used as a media hub during the Games.

Wednesday marks one month before the Tokyo Olympic Games are scheduled to start. Uncertainties remain about spectator capacities, but preparations are under way to receive athletes from across the world.

The Games will open on July 23, after one year of postponement due to the pandemic.

Sources say that the Tokyo Olympic Games' organizers are considering banning alcoholic beverages at competition venues.

The President of the Tokyo Olympic Games' organizing committee, Hashimoto Seiko, on Monday said the idea of selling alcohol to spectators is being discussed.

A member of Myanmar's national soccer team has applied for refugee status in Japan after refusing to return home following a World Cup qualifier match.

Pyae Lyan Aung made a gesture of protest against the Myanmar military's suppression of citizens before the match on May 28.

Tokyo Games officials have decided to allow up to 10,000 domestic spectators at Olympic events, provided each venue does not exceed 50 percent capacity.

Officials from the Games' organizing committee, the Japanese government, the Tokyo Metropolitan government and the International Olympic and Paralympic committees made the decision on Monday.

Members of the media have received a tour of the Olympic athletes' village in a waterfront area of Tokyo.

There are three zones -- an operations zone, a large residential zone and a village plaza -- within the 44-hectare village in Harumi in Chuo ward.

A member of Myanmar's national soccer squad who made a protest gesture against a military crackdown before a match has visited a Buddhist temple in Japan to pray for the safety of his family in his home country.

Pyae Lyan Aung displayed a three-finger salute before a World Cup qualifier match in Japan last month to protest the deadly crackdown that has been launched by Myanmar's military on civilians since a coup in February.