SKorea removes banners at Olympic village after IOC ruling
Banners with the words "I still have the support of 50 million Korean people," are removed from balconies at the the Olympic athletes' village in Tokyo Saturday, July 17, 2021. South Korea's Olympic Committee said Saturday it has removed banners at the Olympic athletes' village in Tokyo that called up a 16th-century war between Korea and Japan after the International Olympic Committee ruled it was provocative. (Jin Sung-chul/Yonhap via AP)

Banners with the words "I still have the support of 50 million Korean people," are removed from balconies at the the Olympic athletes' village in Tokyo Saturday, July 17, 2021. South Korea's Olympic Committee said Saturday it has removed banners at the Olympic athletes' village in Tokyo that called up a 16th-century war between Korea and Japan after the International Olympic Committee ruled it was provocative. (Jin Sung-chul/Yonhap via AP)

Jul. 17, 2021 02:41 AM EDT
A woman walks on a bridge past a Tokyo 2020 banner ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 17, 2021, in Tokyo. Tokyo is under a fourth state of emergency, which began Monday and requires restaurants and bars to close early and not serve alcohol through the games, which start July 23. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A woman walks on a bridge past a Tokyo 2020 banner ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 17, 2021, in Tokyo. Tokyo is under a fourth state of emergency, which began Monday and requires restaurants and bars to close early and not serve alcohol through the games, which start July 23. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Jul. 16, 2021 09:04 PM EDT