Sporting figures at home and abroad paid tribute to Shinzo Abe over the former prime minister's large role in Tokyo's securing the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.His close connection with the former Tokyo Games organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori, also a former prime minister, proved crucial during the preparations for the games that were postponed for a year following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.Japan won its hosting bid at the Sept. 2013 International Olympic Committee Session, just two years after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan's…READ FULL ARTICLE
