Extended window for Tokyo Olympics ticket lottery applications closes

The extended 12-hour window for Japanese residents to enter the 2020 Tokyo Olympic ticket lottery closed at 11:59 a.m. on Wednesday after organizers allowed people some extra time to apply for seats at the next Summer Games.Applications opened to Japanese residents on May 9 and had been scheduled to close at midnight Tuesday, but the deadline was extended in order to offset problems caused by heavy traffic to the official ticketing website.Organizers revealed that in total over 7.5 million residents of Japan registered for the official IDs required to apply for tickets, and that the ticketi…READ FULL ARTICLE