JOC executive warns fewer cities will bid for Olympics after Tokyo

Kaori Yamaguchi says games are now 'entertainment and business' events

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Kaori Yamaguchi, a former Olympian and a Japan Olympic Committee board member, speaks to Nikkei Asia in an online interview on Friday.

RURIKA IMAHASHI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- One legacy of the pandemic-hit Tokyo Olympics is that fewer cities are likely to bid to for the games in the future, Kaori Yamaguchi, a board member of the Japan Olympic Committee, told Nikkei Asia in an interview on Friday.

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