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Olympic legacy: Tokyo Games hoped to showcase Fukushima recovery

Video Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO - Duration: 02:33s - Published
Olympic legacy: Tokyo Games hoped to showcase Fukushima recovery

Olympic legacy: Tokyo Games hoped to showcase Fukushima recovery

Tokyo’s bid team sold the 2020 Olympics as the recovery games.

The olympics did come to Fukushima but the world did not.


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