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A woman poses with books written by Haruki Murakami, at a book store in Tokyo shortly after midnight, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. Murakami's new book "Kishidancho Goroshi," or "Killing Commendatore," is a two-part story about a 36-year-old portrait painter and the mysterious incidents that happen after his wife divorces him and he moves into an old house on a mountainside west of Tokyo. (Kazuhiko Yamashita/Kyodo News via AP)
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People buy copies of the new book written by Haruki Murakami at a make shift corner outside a book store in Tokyo Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. Murakami's new book "Kishidancho Goroshi," or "Killing Commendatore," is a two-part story about a 36-year-old portrait painter and the mysterious incidents that happen after his wife divorces him and he moves into an old house on a mountainside west of Tokyo. (Fumine Tsutabayashi/Kyodo News via AP)
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People buy copies of the new book written by Haruki Murakami at a book store in Tokyo shortly after midnight, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. Murakami's new book "Kishidancho Goroshi," or "Killing Commendatore," is a two-part story about a 36-year-old portrait painter and the mysterious incidents that happen after his wife divorces him and he moves into an old house on a mountainside west of Tokyo. (Fumine Tsutabayashi/Kyodo News)
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Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, center, speaks with Tokyo Olympics Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori, left, at the Four-Party Working Group meeting in Tokyo, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. Japanese Olympic organizers presented their first official cost estimate for the 2020 Tokyo Games at a level slightly below their promised 2 trillion ($17 billion) cap. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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On the left side; Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, center, speaks with Tokyo Olympics Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori, left, at the Four-Party Working Group meeting in Tokyo, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. Japanese Olympic organizers presented their first official cost estimate for the 2020 Tokyo Games at a level slightly below their promised 2 trillion ($17 billion) cap. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike arrives at the Four-Party Working Group meeting in Tokyo, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. Japanese Olympic organizers presented their first official cost estimate for the 2020 Tokyo Games at a level slightly below their promised 2 trillion ($17 billion) cap. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2016 file photo, photographers take a photo of the site of new national stadium after a groundbreaking ceremony in Tokyo. Japanese media say Tokyo Olympic organizers will present their first official cost estimate for the 2020 Games at a level slightly below their promised 2 trillion ($17 billion) cap. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
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Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates as he holds the golden ball award for the most goals after winning the final of the FIFA Club World Cup soccer tournament in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016.(AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
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Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike listens to a report during an expert panel at the Tokyo Metropolitan government office in Tokyo, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. A Tokyo metropolitan government panel reviewing costly Olympic venues has proposed downgrading the expensive rowing and canoeing site for the Tokyo Games to temporary quality, or moving the events to an existing site in northern Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach attends a meeting with Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike at the Tokyo Metropolitan government building in Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. Bach expressed willingness Tuesday to work with Tokyo officials to try to reduce spiraling cost estimates for the 2020 Summer Games. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, left, arrives at Haneda Airport in Tokyo Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. Bach is set to meet Tokyo's governor pushing for changes to some of the planned venues for the 2020 Games. (Hiroki Yamauchi/Kyodo News via AP)
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Iori Hanabusa, left, and Yukkiy Koba of Tokyo, Japan pose in front of a billboard of the cover of The Who's album "The Kids Are Alright" on day 1 of the 2016 Desert Trip music festival at Empire Polo Field on Friday, Oct. 7, 2016, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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People peep in the site of the new national stadium, which will host the opening and closing ceremonies and track and field of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, in Tokyo Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. An expert panel set up by Tokyo's newly elected governor says the price tag of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics could exceed $30 billion unless drastic cost-cutting measures are taken. That's more than a four-fold increase from the initial estimate at the time Tokyo was awarded the games in 2013. Officials say construction of the new stadium will begin in December and be completed by November 2019. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike looks over a report during an expert panel at the Tokyo Metropolitan government office in Tokyo Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. The panel, launched by Koike raised concerns about ever-growing unofficial cost estimates and burden on the city and its taxpayers, warned that total cost for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic could exceed 3 trillion yen ($30 billion) unless they take drastic cost-cutting measures. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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Brian May, guitarist of British rock group Queen, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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U.S. President George H. Bush and his wife Barbara wave as they board Air Force One enroute from Tokyo to Beijing, Saturday, Feb. 25, 1989 in Tokyo. Bush was in Tokyo to attend the state funeral of Emperor Hirohito. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2015, file photo, Japanese designer Kenjiro Sano gives a detailed explanation of how he came up with his logo, left, for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at a press conference in Tokyo. Tokyo Olympic organizers are expected to scrap the logo for the 2020 Games on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015 following another allegation its Japanese designer might have used copied materials in presentations of the design. (AP Photo/Ken Aragaki, File)
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, looks up during a plenary session at the lower house in Tokyo, Thursday, July 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama) ** FILE **
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Japanese soccer fans react to a strong earthquake as they watch a J-League soccer match between the Shonan Bellmare and the Sanfrecce Hiroshima at BMW Stadium in Hiratsuka, southwest of Tokyo Saturday, May 30, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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A man walks past a Honda on display at Honda Motor Co. headquarters in Tokyo in this April 25, 2014, file photo. Honda Motor Co. recalled an additional 4.89 million vehicles around the world Thursday, May 14, 2015, for a new type of problem in Takata air bag inflators, for which Japanese rivals Toyota and Nissan have already carried out recalls.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)
