Tokyo's 2020 bid received majority support from Poll

A nationwide poll has shown that 65.7 percent of respondents support Tokyo 2020 bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.
“These results indicate that some 80 million people across the whole of Japan are behind our bid,” Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda said Monday. “This is wonderful news for Tokyo 2020.”
The Japanese capital is up against Doha, Qatar; Baku, Azerbaijan; Istanbul; Madrid and Rome. The candidate cities will submit their plans for the games to the International Olympic Committee by February. The IOC will select the host city in September 2013.
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