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Group Submits Petition Urging Organizers To Cancel Tokyo Olympics

The online petition gained 351,868 signatures, criticizing the games amid a fourth wave of coronavirus infections in Japan.

By: Simon Kaufman

Posted at 4:15 PM, May 14, 2021

and last updated 2021-05-14 16:15:53-04

A petition calling for the Olympic Games to be canceled was submitted to Tokyo's government.

The online petition collected more than 350,000 signatures.

Tokyo is still under a state of emergency because of rising COVID-19 cases and Japan announced it's expanding that to other parts of the country.

Opening ceremony for the games is set for July 23.