Kyodo News reported that Japanese deputy prime minister Taro Aso on Wednesday referred to the 2020 Olympics as "cursed", during a parliamentary panel meeting. Aso referred to the cancellation of the 1940 Olympics that was due to take place in Sapporo before being cancelled due to the outbreak of the Second World War.
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