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OLYMPIC BID

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 30, 2013
Tokyo: How do you feel about the capital hosting the 2020 Olympics?
Enthusiasm tinged with ambivalence greets the news that the city has been chosen to host the 2020 Summer Olympics — at least among this unscientific sample of Tokyoites.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2013
Successful Olympic bid thrusts Tokyo into spotlight, fencing star says
For Olympic fencer Yuki Ota, Tokyo's successful bid for the 2020 Summer Games and Paralympics was like winning the gold medal he's always wanted.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2013
Tokyo sets up English website on radiation
The metro government opens an English website offering radiation-related information — a last-ditch effort before the 2020 Olympics host is picked — to brush off the negative impact from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant mess.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 2, 2013
Artist Hibino drums up Olympic bid support with five-colored 'mikoshi'
About 140 people parade through Tokyo's Ueno Park Saturday with handmade portable shrines as part of the events designed to support the city's to host the 2020 Olympics.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 13, 2013
Ota named to International Fencing Federation leadership post
Fencer Yuki Ota, a two-time Olympic silver medalist, was selected as one of six members of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Athletes Commission, it was announced on Tuesday.
MULTIMEDIA
Jul 3, 2013
Tokyo security should be key talking point for 2020 Olympic bid presentation: Wu
Tokyo might want to emphasize its stability when briefing members of the International Olympic Committee this week on its bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, a Taiwanese IOC member has suggested.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2013
Abe plans to attend IOC meeting in Buenos Aires in September
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to attend the International Olympic Committee's general meeting in Buenos Aires in September and call on IOC members to support Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Summer Games, a government source said Friday.
OLYMPICS
Feb 20, 2013
200-day countdown event held for Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid
The Tokyo Olympic bid committee held a commemorative event Tuesday to mark 200 days before the vote to decide the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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A statue of "Dragon Ball" character Goku stands outside the offices of Bandai Namco in Tokyo. The figure is now as recognizable as such characters as Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man.
Akira Toriyama's gift to the world