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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Andrew MCKIRDY

Japan Wrestles With Legacy Of Graft-stained Games In Paris Warning

A masked man walks past a logo of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (Credit: AFP)

Japan is still grappling with the fallout of the graft-stained and pandemic-delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, serving as a warning to Paris ahead of the Games this summer in the French capital.

Cost over-runs, corruption and Covid all tarnished the Japanese public's memory of the Tokyo Olympics, which were held largely behind closed doors in 2021, a year later than planned.

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