IOC Vice President and AOC President John Coates AC joined IOC President Thomas Bach and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on a short trip to the Fukushima region north-east of Tokyo, an area devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
AOC president Coates visits Fukushima in lead up to 2020
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