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CORRECTED: Balloon flying over Japan in 2020

Photo taken on June 17, 2020, shows a flying object spotted in the sky over Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The object has come under the spotlight again after a Chinese balloon similar to the one seen over Japan was detected traveling over the continental United States in early February 2023.

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Governor wants Tokyo Olympic Games torch relay in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yuhei Sato (R), governor of Fukushima Prefecture, shakes hands with Yoshiro Mori, a former prime minister who heads the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, on June 17, 2014. Sato said at a press conference after his meeting with Mori that he hopes to invite torch runners for the Tokyo Olympic Games to run through his prefecture to demonstrate its recovery from the 2011 earthquake and nuclear crisis.

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Tokyo Gov. Ishihara

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara delivers a speech at a regular session of the metropolitan assembly in Tokyo on June 17, 2011. Ishihara said the Japanese capital will make a bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, after losing its bid for the 2016 games.