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IOC and Japan agree to delay Tokyo Olympics by a year

Instead, the Games, the world’s largest sporting event, will take place in the summer of 2021

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talks to journalists in front of the prime minister's residence in Tokyo, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Abe says IOC president has agreed "100%" to proposal of postponing Olympics for about 1 year. (Charly Triballeau/Pool Photo via AP)

Motoko Rich, Matt Futterman And Tariq Panja/New York Times News Service
Published 24.03.20, 01:13 PM
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