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Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks during an exclusive interview with The Associated Press at her office of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Tokyo Wednesday, June 17, 2020, ahead of a two-week campaigning for the election. A political go-getter, Koike even had the coronavirus crisis turn in her favor. And she repeatedly upstaged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by taking more proactive steps ahead of him, gaining public support. Timing is also on her side now, she is cruising to a certain victory in the July 5 election for her second term as head of the Japanese capital. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Call to cancel Tokyo Olympics enters race for Tokyo governor

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks during an exclusive interview with The Associated Press at her office of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Tokyo Wednesday, June 17, 2020, ahead of a two-week campaigning for the election. A political go-getter, Koike even had the coronavirus crisis turn in her favor. And she repeatedly upstaged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by taking more proactive steps ahead of him, gaining public support. Timing is also on her side now, she is cruising to a certain victory in the July 5 election for her second term as head of the Japanese capital. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Tokyo gov seeks 2nd term, says Japan unprepared for pandemic

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Black smoke rises from the Japanese cruise ship Asuka II docked in Yokohama Port, near Tokyo, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The local branch of Japan Coast Guard said smoke started on the top floor of the one of Japan's largest cruise ship where dozens of firefighters were battling to extinguish it. The coast guard said there were no reports of injuries. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Fire breaks out on Japanese cruise ship docked near Tokyo

Associated Press

USA Cycling announces long team for delayed Tokyo Olympics

By DAVE SKRETTA - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 4, 2020, file photo, people wearing masks walk past the Olympic rings near the New National Stadium in Tokyo. It's been 2 1/2 months since the Tokyo Olympics were postponed until next year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. So where do the games stand? So far, many ideas about how the Olympic can take place are being floated by the International Olympic Committee, Japanese officials and politicians, and in unsourced Japanese newspaper articles coming from local organizers and politicians. The focus is on soaring costs, fans, or no fans, possible quarantines for athletes, and cutting back to only “the essentials.&quot; (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Q&A: State of Tokyo Olympics 2 1/2 months after postponement

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Verhaeren quits as Australia coach following Olympic delay

Associated Press

Na Seung-sik, deputy minister of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy's Office of Trade and Investment, speaks during a briefing at the government complex in Sejong, South Korea, Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Reigniting a bitter row between key U.S. allies, South Korea on Tuesday said it will reopen a complaint filed with the World Trade Organization over Japan’s tightened controls on technology exports to its companies, blaming Tokyo for an alleged lack of commitment in resolving mutual grievances. (Kang Jong-min/Newsis via AP)

South Korea to reopen WTO complaint over Japan trade curbs

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wears a protective mask as he enters a venue for his news conference in Tokyo, Monday, May 25, 2020. (Kim Kyung-hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan lifts coronavirus emergency in all remaining areas

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Tokyo Olympics officials have floated cost-cutting ideas for the 2021 Games, but no specific targets. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Uncertain costs put unconventional Tokyo Olympics in play for 2021

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

Coronavirus throws Utah Paralympic Games hopeful for a loop

By JULIE JAG - Associated Press

In this Jan. 8, 2020, file photo, a man looks at Olympic souvenirs at a Tokyo 2020 official shop in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo. Official Tokyo Olympic souvenir shops are drawing few customers these days. The pandemic and the fact the Olympics have been postponed for a year has wiped out almost all business. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Long wait for Tokyo 2020 Olympic souvenir market to pick up

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

In this April 17, 2020, photo, pedestrians wait for crossing street in front of a statue at Shinjuku business district in Tokyo. Under Japan's coronavirus state of emergency, people have been asked to stay home. Many are not. Some still have to commute to their jobs despite risks of infection, while others are dining out, picnicking in parks and crowding into grocery stores with scant regard for social distancing. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Many Japanese defy appeals to stay home to curb virus

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

A man with a face mask against the spread of the new coronavirus walks in front of Miraitowa and Someity, mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics at a park in Tokyo Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expanded a state of emergency to all of Japan from just Tokyo and other urban areas as the virus continues to spread. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan Medical Assn: Tokyo Olympics difficult without vaccine

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

In this March 3, 2020, file photo, the New National Stadium, a venue for the opening and closing ceremonies at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, is seen from Shibuya Sky observation deck in Tokyo. The Tokyo Olympics were postponed a month ago. But there are still more questions than answers about the new opening on July 23, 2021, and what form those games will take. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Tokyo Olympics: Questions, few answers in face of pandemic

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 30, 2020, file photo, a man jogs past the Olympic rings in Tokyo. The chief executive of the Tokyo Olympics has promised “transparency” on Thursday, April 23, 2020, with the Japanese public over the cost of postponing the games until next year. Neither the Japanese Olympic organizers nor the International Olympic Committee has said what it will cost. Early estimates in Japan range between $2 billion and $6 billion. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Tokyo Olympic CEO promises ‘transparency’ over cost of delay

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Tokyo Olympics, IOC conflict over who pays for postponement

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

In this Feb. 5, 2020, photo, an ambulance carrying a passenger onboard cruise ship Diamond Princess arrives at a hospital in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Hospitals in Japan are increasingly turning away sick people in ambulances as the country braces for a surge in coronavirus infections. The Japanese Association for Acute Medicine and the Japanese Society for Emergency Medicine say emergency medicine has already collapsed with many hospitals refusing to treat people including those suffering strokes, heart attacks and external injuries. (Kyodo News via AP)(Sadayuki Goto/Kyodo News via AP)

New wave of infections threatens to collapse Japan hospitals

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2020, file photo, a homeless man eats his late dinner in a cardboard box at Shinjuku Station, in Tokyo. A group representing the homeless is asking to use the Athletes Village for next year’s Tokyo Olympics as a shelter during the coronavirus pandemic. An online petition addressed to Tokyo Olympic organizers and the city government has drawn ten of thousands of signatures for permission to occupy the massive housing complex going up alongside Tokyo Bay. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Tokyo’s homeless seek Olympic Athletes Village as shelter

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori, left, and CEO Toshiro Muto, right, attend teleconference with International Olympic Committee member John Coates, who heads the inspection team for Tokyo Olympics, in Tokyo Thursday, April 16, 2020. Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC said Thursday they will cut some of the extras out of next year’s postponed games, an attempt to limit what is expected to be billions of dollars in added expenses.(Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP)

Tokyo Games won’t provide much economic stimulus for Japan

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori, left, speaks in teleconference with John Coates, chairman of the IOC's Coordination Commission for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo Thursday, April 16, 2020. Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC said Thursday they will cut some of the extras out of next year’s postponed games, an attempt to limit what is expected to be billions of dollars in added expenses.(Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP)

Tokyo Olympics could cut ‘extras’ in face of soaring costs

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press