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Tokyo declares bid for 2020 Summer Olympics

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Tokyo will bid for the 2020 Olympics, hoping to show the world how it has recovered nine years after the devastation caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

 

Japanese Olympic Committee president Tsunekazu Takeda confirmed the Japanese capital's candidacy on Saturday at a ceremony celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Japanese Olympic Committee. (AP)

 

 

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