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Posted on 13 December 2014. Tags: Failing, global, Olympic, risks, Says, Tokyo, witness

Tokyo Risks Failing Olympic Vow, Says Global Witness Tokyo risks falling down on its pledge to stage an environmentally sustainable 2020 Olympics due to the import of illegally felled timber from Southeast Asia, according to activist group Global Witness. Some of Japan’s biggest construction companies … Full News here – Read more on Bloomberg

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