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Japan's Yoshihide Kiryu, far left, makes a false start during a men's 100-meters heat at a test event at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday. © Reuters

FRANCESCA REGALADO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says it will be possible to hold the Tokyo Olympics in July, despite extending emergency restrictions on Tokyo and three other prefectures till the end of May.

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