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    • TOKYO, JAPAN - JANUARY 12: A man wearing a face mask walks past the Olympic Rings on January 12, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Recent surveys by Kyodo News and Tokyo Broadcasting System found that over 80 percent of people in Japan who were questioned believe the Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled or postponed or that the Olympics will not take place. Tokyo remains in a second state of emergency amid a third wave of Covid-19 coronavirus that has seen infection rates climb to unprecedented levels. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

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