The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday said Japan should be "proud" of having overcome "great adversity" to stage the Tokyo Olympics amid the coronavirus pandemic in remarks ahead of her arrival to attend the games' closing ceremony later in the week."I think the people of Japan, you should be proud and you have so much to be proud of as the host and the host of such a large-scale international event like the Olympics and the Paralympic Games," Linda Thomas-Greenfield said in a teleconference with Japanese media outlets including Kyodo News.The envoy will represent the United…READ FULL ARTICLE
