Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games is gaining momentum.
Public support for the bid has risen to 70 percent in the nation's capital, the International Olympic Committee informed the local organizing committee on Tuesday. The figure released represents an increase of 23 percent over a survey taken by the IOC in May 2012.
Tokyo 2020 bid president Tsunekazu Takeda made the announcement at a news conference on Tuesday evening and stated that the IOC's numbers showed nationwide the approval rate stands at 67 percent to bring the Summer Games back to Japan for the first time since 1964.
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