Japan holds events to mark 2 years to go before Tokyo Olympics

With just two years to go until the opening of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, supporters all over Japan braved the heat wave and took part in events aimed at bolstering momentum in the run-up to the next Summer Games.Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and Tokyo organizing committee chief Yoshiro Mori joined athletes at a countdown ceremony in the Japanese capital, where spectators viewed Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower, lit up in the Olympic colors."I want to continue introducing Tokyo to the world as a host city. It is important to speed up our preparations," Koike told the crowd of h…READ FULL ARTICLE