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‘Inappropriate’: Tokyo mayor rejects idea of moving 2020 Olympics to London amid coronavirus scare
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The mayor of Tokyo has rebuffed a British politician's suggestion to have London host the Olympics instead of the Japanese capital, after several planned sporting events there were disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak. "While the coronavirus has become a global topic, it is inappropriate to make statements on the issue in a [London] mayoral election," Yuriko Koike told reporters on Friday. Koike's words were a rebuke aimed at Shaun Bailey, the Conservative Party's candidate for Mayor of London, who urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to "seriously consider" moving the 2020 Summer Olympics from Tokyo to the British capital

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