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FILE PHOTO: Fireworks light up the sky near the illuminated Olympic rings at a ceremony to mark six months before the start of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo January 24, 2020. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS

A look back at cancelled Olympics

Three other times, the games were canceled altogether because of World War I (1916) and World War II (1940 and 1944)

Japanese finance minister Taro Aso takes questions at the annual meeting in Washington, US/Reuters

'Olympics make no sense if countries cannot send athletes'

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games mascot Miraitowa and Paralympic mascot Someity plushies are displayed for sale inside a souvenir shop in J-village compound, ahead of the upcoming Olympics torch relay in Nahara town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Tokyo 2020 announces opening event despite mounting coronavirus concerns

Runners head towards the finish line during the Tokyo Marathon in Tokyo on March 1, 2020. Photo: Collected

Olympics-Japan's crowdless sports: A prelude to a coronavirus-hit Games?