Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara said Monday the capital will bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games and if successful will jointly organize the event with Hiroshima.
Tokyo lost to Rio de Janeiro last month in the race to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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