<p class="title">The first tickets for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics went on sale on Thursday, with Japanese residents able to enter a lottery to watch the sport of their choice.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tickets for the 33 sports range from the cheapest general tickets at 2,500 yen ($23) to an eye-watering 300,000 yen ($2,730) for the best seats at the opening ceremony.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Those lucky enough to score the best seats for the showcase men's 100m final will pay 130,000 yen ($1,200).</p>.<p class="bodytext">But half of all tickets will be priced at 8,000 yen ($73) or less and special tickets priced at 2,020 yen ($18) are available for families resident in Japan with children, senior citizens, and people with impairments.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prices for domestic residents are "about the same as London 2012 but a little higher than the 2016 Rio Games," Yuko Hayakawa, senior 2020 marketing official, told AFP.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The lottery -- only for residents of Japan during an initial period -- runs until May 28, with successful applicants notified on June 20 and payment due a fortnight later.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The website saw high demand upon opening with a queue system in place even though tickets are not sold on a first-come first-served basis and everyone entering the lottery by May 28 having an equal chance of scooping tickets.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Overseas applicants will be able to snap up tickets from June 15 via special "Authorised Ticket Resellers" in each country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Organisers have not offered a precise number of tickets available as various stadium configurations are still being finalised with just less than 450 days to go until the opening ceremony.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But they said it would be roughly the same as the 7.8 million tickets they estimated when bidding for the right to host the Games.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Of these tickets, an estimated 70-80 percent would be allotted to Japanese residents with the rest going to overseas fans.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will run from July 24 to August 9.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tickets for the Paralympics will become available this summer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Fans wishing to start planning their applications can access the website at https://ticket.tokyo2020.org/?culture=en-us.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Boxing tickets are not available as the IOC has frozen preparations for the competition amid a spat with the governing body AIBA.</p>
<p class="title">The first tickets for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics went on sale on Thursday, with Japanese residents able to enter a lottery to watch the sport of their choice.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tickets for the 33 sports range from the cheapest general tickets at 2,500 yen ($23) to an eye-watering 300,000 yen ($2,730) for the best seats at the opening ceremony.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Those lucky enough to score the best seats for the showcase men's 100m final will pay 130,000 yen ($1,200).</p>.<p class="bodytext">But half of all tickets will be priced at 8,000 yen ($73) or less and special tickets priced at 2,020 yen ($18) are available for families resident in Japan with children, senior citizens, and people with impairments.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prices for domestic residents are "about the same as London 2012 but a little higher than the 2016 Rio Games," Yuko Hayakawa, senior 2020 marketing official, told AFP.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The lottery -- only for residents of Japan during an initial period -- runs until May 28, with successful applicants notified on June 20 and payment due a fortnight later.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The website saw high demand upon opening with a queue system in place even though tickets are not sold on a first-come first-served basis and everyone entering the lottery by May 28 having an equal chance of scooping tickets.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Overseas applicants will be able to snap up tickets from June 15 via special "Authorised Ticket Resellers" in each country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Organisers have not offered a precise number of tickets available as various stadium configurations are still being finalised with just less than 450 days to go until the opening ceremony.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But they said it would be roughly the same as the 7.8 million tickets they estimated when bidding for the right to host the Games.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Of these tickets, an estimated 70-80 percent would be allotted to Japanese residents with the rest going to overseas fans.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will run from July 24 to August 9.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tickets for the Paralympics will become available this summer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Fans wishing to start planning their applications can access the website at https://ticket.tokyo2020.org/?culture=en-us.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Boxing tickets are not available as the IOC has frozen preparations for the competition amid a spat with the governing body AIBA.</p>