Tokyo Olympics: Thomas Bach defiant after urging Japanese people to welcome athletes even if they are banned from watching

• A reporter from the Yomiuri Shimbun says she is shocked and ashamed as a Japanese citizen because the IOC president needed to ask for support
• Bach says the IOC is aware of the scepticism by many Japanese towards the Games amid the Covid-19 pandemic, adding that no sporting event would ever gain 100 per cent support