Organizers of next year's Tokyo Olympics say they have received refund applications for about 810,000 tickets.
The summer games were postponed this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but purchased Olympic tickets remain valid.
NHK has learned that the organizing committee for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics plans to offer refunds for tickets sold in Japan. A formal decision is expected to be announced soon.
The Games are set to take place next year, having been postponed this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The organizers of the Tokyo Paralympic Games say they will sell tickets for wheelchair basketball as planned despite a warning by the International Paralympic Committee that the sport could be removed from the Tokyo Games.
The IPC issued the warning on Friday, saying that the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation has failed to comply with the IPC athlete classification code.