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First Look at the Tokyo Olympic Village Plaza

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First Look at the Tokyo Olympic Village Plaza

The plaza of the Tokyo Games athletes’ village has been unveiled ahead of the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.

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The area will be used for welcoming ceremonies for arriving delegations. It will have facilities such as a bank, a post office and coffee shops. The plaza is scheduled to be completed in April. The structure is made of about 40,000 pieces of lumber donated from 63 local governments nationwide.