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(Reuters) - The IOC's Coordination Commission has praised Tokyo's early preparations for the 2020 Summer Olympics, highlighting the financial planning and diversity of local organizers after a three-day visit to the Japanese capital. Commission chairman John Coates headed the visit, which was the first working-level talks between the Tokyo organizing committee and the IOC's coordination body. "We're very, very impressed and very pleased with the progress to date, and look forward to working with Tokyo 2020 in what, so far as I'm concerned, is a partnership," Kyodo news quoted Coates as telling reporters in Tokyo on Friday. Coates and other IOC officials toured existing venues and were taken to sites that have been marked out for new venue construction.
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