US citizens warned not to travel to Japan as Tokyo Olympics near

The Tokyo Olympics, postponed in 2020 during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, are facing increasing hurdles in putting on a 2021 show.

The latest troubling sign for the Games came when the US State Department advised US citizens against travelling to Japan because of a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases.

The "Level 4: Do Not Travel" advisory is the highest cautionary level in the department's hierarchy of warnings.

It's been more than a year since Americans have paid tourist calls to the nation. Japan has been closed to US leisure travellers throughout the pandemic, with only "very limited" circumstances in which US citizens could enter.

The Games are still scheduled to run from July 23rd in Japan.

[Source: CNN]