Hiroshima, Nagasaki mayors to ask IOC to accept joint bid

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba speaks to reporters in Hiroshima on Jan. 8, 2010, concerning the city's bid to co-host the 2020 Summer Olympics with Nagasaki. Akiba expressed willingness to try to persuade the International Olympic Committee to accept a joint bid, even though the Japanese Olympic Committee has already turned down the idea.

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