By TAKUYA ISAYAMA/ Staff Writer
October 10, 2019 at 13:20 JST
A blue autumn sky could be seen above the New National Stadium on Oct. 10, which marked 55 years since the opening ceremony for the 1964 Olympics.
Construction work for the stadium straddling Tokyo's Shinjuku and Shibuya wards is scheduled to be completed by the end of November.
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An aerial photo taken from Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward on Oct. 10 shows the New National Stadium nearing completion. (Takuya Isayama)
