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TOKYO, Feb 21 — Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike hit back today at a candidate to be London mayor who offered to host this year’s Olympics due to the coronavirus epidemic affecting Japan. Shaun Bailey had tweeted: “London can host the Olympics in 2020. We have the infrastructure and the...

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Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike delivers a speech during the Olympic and Paralympic flag-raising ceremony at Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Tokyo September 21, 2016. — Reuters pic

“As mayor, I will make sure London is ready to answer the call and host the Olympics again,” he added. London has hosted the Games in 2012, 1948 and 1908.newspaper: “Everyone is working towards what will be a fantastic Tokyo Games. “A reason why this issue has attracted global attention is due to the cruise ship,” she said, in reference to the Diamond Princess, a vessel in Japan that has seen more than 600 cases of coronavirus.

The International Olympic Committee has also said there is no need for a contingency plan to postpone, cancel or move Tokyo 2020, despite new cases of the deadly virus emerging daily in Japan. Top-flight football club Consadole Sapporo is putting ticket sales for its home games on hold, and Koike said indoor events hosted by her organisation or involving food would be postponed or cancelled.

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