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Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Pros and cons of holding the Tokyo Olympics during a pandemic

Organizers say Games can be 'safe and secure' but domestic opposition strong

Anti-Olympic protesters in Tokyo on May 9; International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach attends the Executive Board virtual meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on May 12. (Source photos by Ken Kobayashi and Reuters)
RURIKA IMAHASHI and FRANCESCA REGALADO, Nikkei staff writers | Japan

TOKYO -- International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach was supposed to have been the guest of honor at the torch relay in Hiroshima prefecture this week.

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