Tokyo Olympics close as Japan weighs legacy of pandemic Games

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20210808 olympic flame is extinguished

The Olympic flame is extinguished during the closing ceremony on Aug. 8. (Photo by Takaki Kashiwabara) 

FRANCESCA REGALADO and RURIKA IMAHASHI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike passed the Olympic flag to Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo on Sunday night, as the closing ceremony drew a curtain on Japan's ill-starred Games.

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