Hiroshima gives up Olympic bid

Hiroshima gives up Olympic bid

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) and Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue answer reporters' questions after a meeting of a bidding committee held in Hiroshima on May 22, 2011, formally decided that the city of Hiroshima has given up its bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics due to opposition from its citizens and a lack of funds.

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