TOKYO -- When IOC senior member Dick Pound told reporters last Wednesday that the coronavirus epidemic might lead to the Tokyo Olympics being canceled, he likely did not expect his words to trigger the closure of Japan's schools.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a rare weekend news conference to explain his request for schools to close on Feb. 29, 2020, in Tokyo. (Photo by Taro Yokozawa)
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