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JAPAN
Nov 9, 2016

Fukushima eyed for baseball, softball games in 2020 Olympics

Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizers on Wednesday gave the green light for disaster-affected Fukushima Prefecture to host baseball and softball games.
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JAPAN
Oct 18, 2016

Koike, IOC chief agree to cooperate on cutting cost of Olympics

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach and Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike say they will hammer out ways to keep the 2020 Games' price tag low.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 7, 2016

Views from Tokyo: What were your highlights from the Rio Olympics?

People out and about in the capital offer their views on the best of the 2016 Summer Games.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 14, 2016

Pokemon craze challenges Olympics for popularity in Brazil

Forget beach volleyball, soccer or tennis, not to mention the steeplechase or discus. "Pokemon Go" is challenging the Olympics for most popular game among some young Brazilians.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 4, 2016

'Pokemon Go' launches in Rio just ahead of Olympics

The creators of "Pokemon Go" said the blockbuster mobile game has been released in Brazil just in time for the Rio Olympics, which start on Friday.
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WORLD / Science & Health
May 29, 2016

WHO rejects medical experts' call for delaying or moving Rio Olympics due to Zika

The World Health Organization on Saturday rejected a call for the Rio Olympic Games to be moved or postponed due to the threat posed by a large outbreak of Zika virus in Brazil.
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JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Sep 2, 2015

Olympics logo scandal highlights power of the Internet critic

As news broke Tuesday that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics organizing committee would scrap its official logo after weeks of plagiarism allegations surrounding the designer Kenjiro Sano, users of the popular 2channel gossip website posted a flurry of messages congratulating themselves.
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JAPAN
Aug 5, 2015

Tokyo Olympics logo designer says he's 'shocked' by plagiarism claim

The designer of the emblem for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games said Wednesday that he was "shocked" and "pained" that a Belgian theater logo designer had accused him of plagiarism.

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