Preparations and protests ahead of the Tokyo Olympics

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The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department conducts a security drill to prepare for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games

International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President John Coates and Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organising Committee President Seiko Hashimoto visit the Ariake Gymnastics Center

People hold signs during a rally calling for the cancellation of the 2020 Olympic Games, one month from the official start of the games

As members of the International Olympic Committee visit venues around Tokyo and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department stages security drills exactly 30 days before the games begin, attitudes still differ in Japan.

Several hundred people gathered Wednesday in Tokyo to demonstrate for the cancellation of the 2020 Olympics, as COVID-19 still lingers as a threat.

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