Cairo, Mar. 8.
It ig certain beyond all shadow of doubt that "Japan will hold the Olympic Games in 1940, according to a statement made by Professor Kano, leader of the Japanese delegation to the meeting of the International Olympic Committee which will convene here on March 10.
The Japanese people, Kano declared, are waiting impatiently for an opportunity of showing the world what it can achieve and Japan is determined to make the Olympics a gigantic success. The necessary funds had. already been appropriated vnd preparations were in. progress.
Kano emphasized that the war with China would constitute no obstacle even if it should continue until 1940 and that the Japanese nation would welcome a Chinese Olympic team in the true" Olympic spirit—Trans-
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