The ticket lottery for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics opened to residents of Japan on Thursday at 10 a.m.
Those living within the country are now able to register to enter a lottery to purchase tickets to specific sporting events for the 2020 Games. Registration began for the lottery on Thursday and will close at 11:59 p.m. on May 28.
The website was experiencing heavy traffic at the time the announcement was made on Thursday — a little over two hours after registration began — but the planning committee explained that the order in which individuals register for the lottery will not affect the outcome.