JOC chief rejects joint Olympic bid by Hiroshima, Nagasaki

JOC chief rejects joint Olympic bid by Hiroshima, Nagasaki

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda (R) talks with Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (L) and Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (2nd from L) in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2009. Takeda rejected the possibility of Hiroshima and Nagasaki co-hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics, saying the JOC is not in a position to go against the Olympic Charter, which stipulates that only one city can host the Olympics.

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