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8 September 2013 After a two-year campaign that has been far from trouble-free, the jubilation was matched by a huge sense of relief....But enough of the 96 voting members of the IOC – if they had any doubts about Fukushima – were won over by 11th-hour assurances from Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, that radiation from the destroyed plant posed no threat to Tokyo. "Let me assure you the situation is under control," said Abe, who had left the G20 summit in Russia early to make Tokyo's final
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics: hugs, tears and shouts of 'banzai' greet news of victory | Sport | The Guardian
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8 September 2013 After a two-year campaign that has been far from trouble-free, the jubilation was matched by a huge sense of relief....But enough of the 96 voting members of the IOC – if they had any doubts about Fukushima – were won over by 11th-hour assurances from Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, that radiation from the destroyed plant posed no threat to Tokyo. "Let me assure you the situation is under control," said Abe, who had left the G20 summit in Russia early to make Tokyo's final
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