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Tokyo 2020 Olympics

IOC's Bach visits Hiroshima one week before Olympic opening

Little enthusiasm in Japanese city for IOC chief's trip to site of nuclear devastation

The Olympic flame is passed from torch to torch with the Atomic Bomb Dome seen in the background at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, on May 17,   © Reuters
RURIKA IMAHASHI, Nikkei staff writer | Japan

TOKYO -- International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach visited Hiroshima on Friday, but his prayers for peace were met with protests.

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