07 February 2022, 12pm UTC
At the recent Board of Directors Meeting of the Tokyo Marathon Foundation, the (postponed) Tokyo Marathon 2021 was discussed with regard to the current situation surrounding COVID-19 and it was decided to continue the planning of the event.
In order to continue monitoring the situation surrounding COVID-19, and the quasi-emergency measures set forth by the government, the go/no-go decision shall be extended to February 18. As a further precaution it was decided to initiate PCR testing for all participating runners.