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epa09222263 Protesters appeal to pedestrians during a demonstration against the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Shinjuku in Tokyo, Japan, 23 May 2021, two months before the opening of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad. After a three-day meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for the Summer Games, Tokyo 2020 Coordination Commission chair and IOC Vice President John Coates has said the Olympic Games can be held this summer even if Tokyo is under a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic. More than 80 percent of Japanese people think to cancel or postpone the Tokyo Olympic Games according to an opinion poll by a Japanese TV in mid-May. EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA