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OLYMPICS 2020

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2023
The Olympics are a giant money sink. So what?
Staging the world’s greatest games is about way more than just making a profit
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 21, 2022
Tokyo Games cost $13 billion, 20% more than organizers reported
The Games' organizing committee had reported in June that the total cost of hosting last year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics was set to total u00a51.42 trillion.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 21, 2022
Sapporo mayor to halt 2030 Olympic bid promotion amid Tokyo Games scandal
A public survey about the city hosting the Games was held in March, but amid declining support for another Olympics, a similar survey will be conducted nationwide.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 16, 2022
Ex-Tokyo Olympic executive to be probed over fresh bribery case
Haruyuki Takahashi, who wielded great influence over the selection of sponsors for the Tokyo Olympics, has already been arrested three times on suspicion of accepting much bigger bribes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 23, 2022
Tokyo Games bribery scandal widens to include firm that made stuffed toys of mascots
Prosecutors are probing whether former Games executive Haruyuki Takahashi lobbied the committee to extend favor to Sun Arrow over the sale of stuffed toys for the Games, the sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Aug 29, 2022
One year on, Tohoku searching for legacy of ‘reconstruction Olympics’
Disaster-hit areas had welcomed the Olympics as an opportunity to express gratitude for global support after the 2011 quake, but the Tokyo 2020 Games were heavily affected by the pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 19, 2022
Ex-Tokyo Olympics executive received written request from Aoki
According to regulations, members of the organizing committee were defined as quasi-public servants banned from receiving money or goods in relation to their duties.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 23, 2022
Ex-Tokyo Games executive denies giving favors to Aoki Holdings
The former exec, suspected of receiving u00a540 million from Aoki, said that he 'has never been asked for anything from Aoki Holdings nor has given it any favor over the Tokyo Olympics.'
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Jul 5, 2022
Japan icon Yukiko Ueno awarded by WBSC for long-term contributions
The 39-year-old threw six shutout innings to help Japan beat the United States in last summer's gold-medal game as Olympic softball returned for the first time since 2008 in Beijing.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2022
Projected Tokyo Olympics total cost falls ¥30 billion to ¥1.42 trillion
The games' organizing committee will announce the official figure Tuesday, with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's burden lightened by u00a520 billion.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 28, 2022
Billed as an important Olympics legacy venue, Tokyo's National Stadium is becoming a burden
The stadium was originally planned to be privatized after the Olympics to reduce the cost to taxpayers, but that project has fallen far behind schedule.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 25, 2021
Buyers of Tokyo Olympic Village condos sue developers over delay
The plaintiffs were set to move into their new homes in late March 2023, but the coronavirus pandemic forced a one-year postponement of the Tokyo Games.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 22, 2021
Tokyo Games cost a total of ¥1.45 trillion, no extra funds needed
The price tag of staging the Games is nearly double the planned u00a5734 billion submitted to the International Olympic Committee in 2013.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 22, 2021
Volunteers: The unsung heroes at the Tokyo Paralympics
Japan's Paralympics volunteers went out of their way with every person treating the competitors with respect and compassion and leaving a lasting, positive impression of the country.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 9, 2021
Tokyo Games medal podiums to be donated to schools across Japan
'I can't think of a better way to share such a wonderful part of the games,' Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2021
Tokyo Games' uniforms for 28,000 volunteers remain unused
More than u00a51.7 billion was spent in procuring the uniforms, with Japan preparing for at least 48,000 volunteers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2021
Around 450 million cyberattacks blocked during Tokyo Games
The scale of the attacks during the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics was less severe than that during the 2012 London Games and the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Sep 22, 2021
How do you deflect a controversy? Keigo Oyamada blames the media.
Musician Keigo Oyamada cries foul over how he was portrayed in a pair of magazine articles that ended up causing him a job at the Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 8, 2021
Virus infections related to Tokyo Games totaled 878
A total of 323 coronavirus infections were recorded during the Tokyo Paralympics.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 6, 2021
Tokyo Olympic chief proud of hosting Games despite pandemic
Seiko Hashimoto said the Games were held without major problems and with an emphasis on the safety of all participants and the Japanese public.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
An AI star seeks to bring self-driving cars to Japan by 2030
Japanese startup Turing plans to unveil a self-driving car with at least 30 minutes’ driving range next year and develop a fully autonomous car by 2030.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.

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