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Tokyo Olympics 'safe and secure' despite virus emergency, say organisers

Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games mascots Miraitowa (left) and Someity ride on a boat during a parade in Tokyo on July 22, 2018.

Photo credit: Toshifumi Kitamura | AFP

By  AFP

What you need to know:

  • Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday announced the month-long measure covering the greater Tokyo area, taking effect from Friday, as the country battles a surge in infections
  • Tokyo 2020 chiefs have already said that another postponement of the Games -- set to begin on July 23 -- is out of the question

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Tokyo Olympics organisers insisted Friday that the coronavirus-postponed Games will still go ahead despite Japan declaring a state of emergency less than 200 days before the opening ceremony.

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