An online petition calling for the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics that has garnered over 350,000 signatures was submitted to the Tokyo governor by the campaign organizer on Friday.

Lawyer Kenji Utsunomiya, who launched the "Stop Tokyo Olympics" petition last week, visited the Tokyo Government Office to submit the petition.

Utsunomiya, who urged Tokyo to make an effort to convince the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to cancel the Olympics, also sent the petition to the IOC and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

Public opposition to the Games has been growing as Japan faces a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections just 10 weeks before the event.

Japan will add three more prefectures later on Friday to join Tokyo, Osaka, and four other prefectures under a COVID-19 state of emergency until May 31.

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