Economy | ANALYSIS
Households to take hit from tax hike
by Tomoko Otake
The consumption tax increase will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people’s financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the hike's impact.
Social Issues Sep 30, 2013
Russia anti-gay law casts shadow over Sochi Olympics
by Kathy Lally
Let other mayors fret about potholes, taxes and sewers. This is an Olympic city, and here is the jeans-clad mayor striding into his office on a recent afternoon, fresh from a landslide, and not the electoral kind. When Sochi won the 2014 Games, life ...
Media | MEDIA MIX Sep 28, 2013
Casinos bet on success in Tokyo
by Philip Brasor
Most of the Olympics-related news reported since Tokyo won the right to host the 2020 Games is about projected economic benefits and drawbacks. A lot of construction will take place over the next seven years, but not all of it will be directly related ...
National Sep 18, 2013
Tours offer nostalgic look at main '64 Olympics venue
Tours of the facilities at National Olympic Stadium, the main venue for the 1964 Summer Games, are finding new popularity now that the Olympics will be coming back to Tokyo in 2020. One of the backstage tours last week drew the full 20 people ...
Japan-related Sep 15, 2013
Abe's 2020 vision challenged
by Kevin Rafferty
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared that the Olympics would put Tokyo "at the center of the world." But the real question is: Will Japan use the Olympics to join the real world
National Sep 10, 2013
Sports agency to be created for 2020 Olympics
The government will create a sports agency to boost resources for top athletes to land the 30 gold medals targeted at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, media reports and officials said Tuesday. The agency will be overseen by a Cabinet minister who will also be ...
Asia Pacific Sep 9, 2013
Chinese state media mocked for Olympics host city gaffe
Chinese Internet users Sunday mocked state media for mistakenly reporting Istanbul would host the 2020 Olympic Games, the latest in a series of gaffes by the government-backed press. The official Xinhua News Agency reported that Istanbul had won, while state television ran a headline ...
National Sep 7, 2013
Wrestling body warned for breaking bid rules
Wrestling’s world governing body was reprimanded for a rules violation in its bid for a spot in the 2020 Summer Olympics, its chief confirmed at a news conference in Buenos Aires. “It was a problem with one letter that was sent from the Japan ...
National Sep 6, 2013
At stake in bid — ¥3 trillion
by Kazuaki Nagata
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government estimates that hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics will produce economic effects worth ¥3 trillion from Hokkaido to Okinawa.
National Sep 6, 2013
Team holds second Olympics presentation rehearsal
Tokyo held its second official rehearsal Thursday for its final presentation before International Olympic Committee members vote Saturday on the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The rehearsals were held in the same hall where the actual 45-minute presentations will take place. Rivals ...
National Sep 5, 2013
JOC delegates in radiation spin control
by Dave Hueston
What was to have been a resounding kickoff for the Tokyo 2020 bid with the International Olympic Committee's looming vote turns into a fencing match as bid chief Tsunekazu Takeda parries media questions about Fukushima.
National Sep 5, 2013
Experts uncertain about Tokyo bid
by Masaaki Kameda
As the weekend vote looms by the International Olympic Committee to decide the city that will host the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, experts in Japan say the three candidates are neck and neck amid lingering worries about the radioactive water leaking from the ...
National Sep 3, 2013
Suga irked, says princess' trip to IOC not political
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday he was distressed by remarks Imperial Household Agency Grand Steward Noriyuki Kazaoka made regarding Princess Hisako’s attendance at the upcoming International Olympic Committee meeting in Buenos Aires. On Monday, Kazaoka said it was a “difficult decision” for ...