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A flypast with Olympic-colored smoke by Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse team passes over the Tokyo Metropolitan Government complex during the final torch relay event for the Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo Friday, July 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Kantaro Komiya)

A flypast with Olympic-colored smoke by Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse team passes over the Tokyo Metropolitan Government complex during the final torch relay event for the Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo Friday, July 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Kantaro Komiya)

Jul. 23, 2021 02:12 AM EDT
People wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk along a pedestrian crossing Thursday, July 22, 2021, in Tokyo. The Japanese capital confirmed more than 1900 new coronavirus cases on Thursday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

People wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk along a pedestrian crossing Thursday, July 22, 2021, in Tokyo. The Japanese capital confirmed more than 1900 new coronavirus cases on Thursday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Jul. 22, 2021 07:13 AM EDT
FILE - In this July 12, 2021, file commuters wearing face masks walk in a passageway during a rush hour at Shinagawa Station in Tokyo. Tokyo recorded 1,979 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, hitting a new six-month high one day before the Olympics are to begin amid growing worry about the worsening infections during the games. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

FILE - In this July 12, 2021, file commuters wearing face masks walk in a passageway during a rush hour at Shinagawa Station in Tokyo. Tokyo recorded 1,979 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, hitting a new six-month high one day before the Olympics are to begin amid growing worry about the worsening infections during the games. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Jul. 22, 2021 06:02 AM EDT