International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, right, speaks to journalists after meeting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, July 14, 2021.(Kimimasa Mayama/Pool Photo via AP)

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2020, file photo, the Atomic Bomb Dome is seen at dusk in Hiroshima, western Japan. Many residents of Hiroshima welcome attention to their city from abroad, which IOC President Thomas Bach will bring when he visits on Friday, July 16. But Bach will also bring political baggage — as will his vice president John Coates when he visits Nagasaki the same day — that is largely unwelcome in two cities viewed as sacred by many Japanese.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2013, file photo, the Atomic Bomb Dome is silhouetted at sunset in Hiroshima, western Japan. Many residents of Hiroshima welcome attention to their city from abroad, which IOC President Thomas Bach will bring when he visits on Friday, July 16. But Bach will also bring political baggage — as will his vice president John Coates when he visits Nagasaki the same day — that is largely unwelcome in two cities viewed as sacred by many Japanese. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 1945, file photo, the Urakami Catholic Cathedral in Nagasaki, Japan, stands waste in the aftermath of the detonation of the atom bomb over a month ago over this city. Many residents of Hiroshima welcome attention to their city from abroad, which IOC President Thomas Bach will bring when he visits on Friday, July 16. But Bach will also bring political baggage — as will his vice president John Coates when he visits Nagasaki the same day — that is largely unwelcome in two cities viewed as sacred by many Japanese.(AP Photo/Stanley Troutman, Pool, File)

Police officers stand near the entrance to the athlete's village for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, Thursday, July 15, 2021, in Tokyo. The pandemic-delayed games open on July 23 without spectators at most venues. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

FILE - In this 1945 file photo, an Allied war correspondent stands in the ruins of Hiroshima, Japan, just weeks after the city was leveled by an atomic bomb. Many residents of Hiroshima welcome attention to their city from abroad, which IOC President Thomas Bach will bring when he visits on Friday, July 16. But Bach will also bring political baggage — as will his vice president John Coates when he visits Nagasaki the same day — that is largely unwelcome in two cities viewed as sacred by many Japanese. (AP Photo/File)