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Olympics: No joy for two-time Tokyo Games evictee Sep 15th 2013, 02:19 TOKYO— Tokyo's successful bid to host the Olympics made much of plans to re-use venues built for Japan's last Summer Games. But for Kohei Jinno, redevelopment for 2020 means eviction again -- just like for 1964. While much of Japan celebrated Tokyo's victory at last week's meeting of the International Olympic Committee in Buenos Aires 79-year-old, Jinno was cursing his luck. In 1964, his home and business were torn down to make way for an Olympic park around the main stadium for the Tokyo Games. Now he has been told he must move again to make way for the stadium's redevelopment and expansion in time for 2020. "I don't want to see the Olympics at all," Jinno told AFP. "Deep... Keep on reading: Olympics: No joy for two-time Tokyo Games evictee Media files: tokyo.jpg (image/jpeg)

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