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Olympics-Japan win softball opener as Games 'of hope' begin
FUKUSHIMA/TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's women's softball team got the Tokyo 2020 Olympics off to a winning start for the hosts on Wednesday, a boost for the pandemic-postponed Games that the World Health Organization sees as "a celebration of hope" even as COVID-19 cases surge.
Central Chinese province swamped after heaviest rain in 1,000 years