By CHIAKI OGIHARA/ Staff Writer
May 7, 2021 at 17:58 JST
Messages posted on the windows of Tachikawa Sogo Hospital read, “Medical capacity reached its limits. Stop the Olympics!” The photo was taken in Tokyo’s Tachikawa on May 6. (Tatsuya Shimada)
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