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Tokyo 2020 expects to secure all venues: local media says

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TOKYO — Tokyo Olympics organizers expect to be able to use all the venues as originally planned at next year’s rearranged Games, several Japanese media outlets reported on Thursday.

Securing venues was a top priority for organizers after the Games were pushed back to 2021 due to the COVID19 pandemic, and Kyodo and NHK, citing unnamed sources, said they were now confident they would be tied down for Olympics use again.

However, at his regular weekly news conference, Tokyo 2020 spokesman Masa Takaya said the reports were “optimistic” and that nothing had been announced.

“We have seen a series of media reports concerning the status of securing venues for the Games in 2021,” said Takaya.

“Tokyo 2020 is aware of these reports but I need to be very clear . . . this is not something on which Tokyo Metropolit­an Government or the Tokyo organizing committee has made a formal announceme­nt.

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