Fans will be able to attend the Tokyo Olympics next year under plans to vaccinate spectators and athletes upon their arrival in Japan, the head of the organising committee has said.

(The New York Times)

International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach has said he is working on the proposed safety measure, which would allow the event to take place despite a surge in coronavirus infections around the world.

Speaking during his first visit to the Japanese capital since he and the then-prime minister Shinzo Abe decided to postpone the 2020 Games back in March, Mr Bach expressed his hopes that attendees and the 11,000 athletes taking part could be vaccinated before they touched down in the country.

The 2020 Summer Olympics were originally due to begin in July this year, but were postponed until next summer because of the coronavirus pandemic.

But Mr Bach, who is currently on a two-day visit to Tokyo, is positive a second delay will not be forthcoming.

He fist-bumped Japan's new premier, Yoshihide Suga, and told Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike they could be confident a vaccine would be available by next summer.

(Lupni.com/Sky News)