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Japan confident about Olympic games bid, despite nuclear crisis

Nuclear leak no threat to Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic bid, CBC News, 23 Aug 13,  Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose maintains there is “absolute safety” A leak of highly radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant will not affect Tokyo’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics, Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose said Friday….”Regarding food and water in Tokyo, there is absolute safety and the data is available,” Inose said. “As far as hosting the Games, the situation in Fukushima will not affect Tokyo.”

Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid are bidding to host the 2020 Olympics.

The IOC will select the host city by secret ballot on Sept. 7 in Buenos Aires, Argentina……http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/story/2013/08/23/sp-ioc-olympics-2020-olympic-summer-games-tokyo.html

August 24, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general