By DAISUKE MAEDA/ Staff Writer
March 21, 2021 at 17:56 JST
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, and Andrew Parsons, president of the International Paralympic Committee, shown in video. Seen in front row are Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, and Tamayo Marukawa, minister in charge of Tokyo Olympic and Paralympics. (Pool)
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