• A Japan Coast Guard boat (left) confronts a suspicious vessel during a security exercise in Tokyo Bay on July 24. | KYODO
    A Japan Coast Guard boat (left) confronts a suspicious vessel during a security exercise in Tokyo Bay on July 24. | KYODO

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Tokyo police will beef up security in waterfront areas to guard against terrorist attacks from the sea during the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Events for the Tokyo Games are scheduled to take place at 43 venues in nine prefectures, and 14 of them, as well as the athletes village and the media center, will be located around the port of Tokyo.

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