In voting Saturday in Buenos Aires, the committee picked Tokyo over the two other contenders, Madrid and Istanbul.
The announcement came at 5:20 a.m. Tokyo time, but a large crowd watching on an outdoor video screen burst into cheers.
Tokyo previously hosted the Summer Games in 1964.
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billed the city as the safe choice -- despite radiation leaking from the
Fukushima nuclear plant. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe personally made a
presentation to the committee and promised an effective cleanup.
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"I am so happy, I am overjoyed," Abe told reporters at the post-announcement press conference.
"I would like to share
this joy with the people back home. We've received so much support from
the people of the IOC and I would also like to express my support to
them. And to the people around the world.
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