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New Japanese PM gets word out: He supports Tokyo Olympics

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TOKYO – Japan’s new prime minister has gotten the word out to the president of the International Olympic Committee that he is behind next year’s delayed Tokyo Games.Yoshiro Mori, the head of the local organizing committee and also a former prime minister, said Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has a “strong commitment" to the Tokyo Olympics.Mori said that was the message he conveyed on a call to IOC President Thomas Bach.“Mr.

Bach was very pleased when he heard this," Mori said, speaking on Thursday at the organizing committee offices. "He said he wanted to fly over immediately and thank Mr.

Suga for that.”Tokyo organizers say the games will open on July 23, 2021, despite the coronavirus pandemic, but they have given few details about exactly.

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