Preparations begin in earnest 5 years before start of 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Preparations begin in earnest 5 years before start of 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Runners start the First Ishinomaki Reconstruction Marathon in Ishinomaki, northeastern Japan, in June 2015, next to the cauldron used in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. The old cauldron is being lent to the coastal city heavily damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami during the rebuilding of Tokyo's National Stadium, which will serve as the main stadium for the 2020 Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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