THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 23, 2021 at 18:55 JST
Yasuhiro Yamashita, president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, left, during a ‘torch kiss’ ceremony in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward on July 23 (Yasuhiro Sugimoto)
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