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/Tokyo Big Sight announces new closure dates
The exhibition industry in Japan has been hammered by bad news: the widening COVID-19 outbreak, the emergency lockdown, and the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics. Now the country’s largest venue, Tokyo Big Sight (TBS), announces its new closure dates in 2021 due to the postponed Olympic games.
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