is all smiles Friday with Tsunekazu Takeda, chairman of the Japanese Olympic Committee, at the JOC secretariat in Shibuya Ward as he submits the capital's proposal to host the 2016 Olympic Games. KYODO PHOTO

The Fukuoka Municipal Government, Tokyo's rival for the Games, submitted its own plan the same day.

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