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Tokyo 2020's Hashimoto rules out Games postponement -report

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: The logo of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is displayed, in Tokyo

TOKYO (Reuters) - The president of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee ruled out a cancellation or another postponement of the Olympic Games in an interview with Nikkan Sports newspaper, amid concerns about hosting the event during a global pandemic.

"We cannot postpone again," athlete-turned-politician Seiko Hashimoto said in an interview.

(Reporting by Tokyo Newsroom; Editing by Christopher Cushing)