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A petition in favor of canceling the Olympics altogether has seen more than 350,000 signatures.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In order to have the Games succeed, we must solve different problems and speed up our preparations,&#8221; Tokyo Governor <strong>Yuriko Koike<\/strong> told the <em>Kyodo News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>But the Olympic and Tokyo officials have backed the games, stating they will go on as planned. The Opening Ceremony is scheduled for July 23.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2020-tokyo-olympic-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More Olympic news<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At this moment, already as many as 75 per cent of the residents of the Olympic Village are already vaccinated or have secured vaccination in time before the Olympic Games,&#8221; Bach said at the meeting. &#8220;But our efforts do not stop there.\u00a0We have good reasons to believe that this figure will be well above 80 per cent. The most important principle is very clear &#8211; the Olympic Village is a safe place, and the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be organised in a safe way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The pandemic has continued to see high numbers in Japan, especially in its largest city. 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