With a little over four years to go before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, discussions in Japan are gearing up about what positive legacies will come from the international sports extravaganza, sports minister Hiroshi Hase said in an exclusive interview with The Japan Times in January.
As the next country to host the summer Olympic Games after Rio de Janeiro in August, Japan will hold the first "World Forum on Sport and Culture" in October as a kick-off event to energize the Olympic and Paralympic Games movement.
The international conference is scheduled over multiple days: from Oct. 19 to 20 in the cultural heart of Japan, Kyoto, and from Oct. 20 to 22 in Tokyo, the host city of the games.