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Online petition author requests Tokyo governor to cancel Olympics May 14, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) Kenji Utsunomiya, a former president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, attends a press conference at the metropolitan government headquarters in Tokyo on May 14, 2021, after submitting a petition calling for the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics that has received over 350,000 signatures. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) A Japanese lawyer who launched a popular online petition calling for the cancelation of this summer s Olympics on Friday urged the Tokyo metropolitan government to call off the games, saying protecting people s lives from the coronavirus must be the top priority. Kenji Utsunomiya, who on May 5 launched the online campaign that has gathered over 350,000 signatures, said Japan and the rest of the world are not ready to stage the Olympics and Paralympics due to the global health crisis.

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