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Japan requests one-year Olympic postponement over virus: PM
TOKYO, March 24, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Japan has asked for a one-year
postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Games over the global coronavirus pandemic,
and the International Olympic Committee has agreed, the country’s prime
minister said Tuesday.
“I proposed to postpone for about a year and president Bach responded with
100 percent agreement,” Shinzo Abe told reporters referring to Thomas Bach,
head of the IOC.
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