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By Alexandra Ulmer RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Karate's return home for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be electrifying for devotees of the ancient martial art and will benefit from a vibrant home audience, the head of the discipline's federation said on Wednesday. Karate, which originated on the Japanese island of Okinawa, became widely known overseas in the 1960s and its popularity was boosted worldwide by the 1970s martial arts movies of actors such as Bruce Lee. "There couldn't be a better place (than Tokyo) to begin our Olympic adventure," World Karate Federation president Antonio Espinos told Reuters after the IOC vote.
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