By SHUHEI NOMURA/ Staff Writer
August 1, 2021 at 18:15 JST
Members of the Self-Defense Forces guard the Olympic Village in Tokyo’s Chuo Ward on July 22. (Ryo Kato)
The head of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics organizing committee on Aug. 1 dismissed suggestions of a link between hosting the Summer Games and a record number of fresh COVID-19 cases in the capital, citing the views of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike. [Read More]
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