Following the announcement of the G7 Science and Technology Ministers' Meeting in Sendai May 12-14, 2023, mayor Kazuko Kori indicated that the annual Sendai Aoba Festival will be moved to an alternate date. "I think it would be difficult for festivals and other major events in the city center to overlap, so we will have to make alternate arrangement," she said. Mayor Kori made the announcement of the G7 meeting. As a result of the meeting being scheduled for those dates, both the festival and the Sendai International Half Marathon , both traditionally held every May, will have to be rescheduled. The half marathon is currently scheduled for May 8. The mayor said that plans for the events' rescheduling will be made at a later date. source article: https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/tbc/186873?display=1 translated by Brett Larner
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