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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 6, 2020
Japan's new Olympic experiment is a risky mistake
Various measures to protect spectators are being tested out, including smartphone apps that issue warnings about which parts of a stadium are crowded at any given moment.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Nov 6, 2020
Tokyo Olympics organizers call time on lavish IOC hospitality
Sports officials used to free food, alcohol and other perks may be disappointed as Tokyo 2020 looks to reduce its costs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2020
Tokyo Olympic volunteer group training resumes after 8-month halt
While the sessions were initially held in groups of several hundred people, they have been taking place online since they resumed on Oct. 21.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2020
Tokyo Olympic ticket refund applications to open in November, source says
Most tickets sold before the games' postponement remain valid for rescheduled events. Refunds will be considered for buyers unable to attend because of the postponement.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 21, 2020
79% of volunteers worried about COVID-19 spread at Tokyo Olympics
In a survey responded to by 13,480 City Cast volunteers, 75.1% also said they want the Japanese capital to create a safe environment for games volunteers to work in.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 28, 2020
The Tokyo Olympics should not be held amid coronavirus pandemic
Hiroshi Hoketsu, 79, is a Japanese three-time Olympic equestrian. He made his Olympic debut at the 1964 Tokyo Games and became the oldest Japanese Olympian when he participated in the 2012 London Games at age 71.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2020
Tokyo Olympics consulting firm paid ¥37 million to IOC member's son
The consulting firm in Singapore received a total of u00a5230 million from the bid committee in 2013, in payments made before and after Tokyo was selected to host the games.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 26, 2020
Olympic approval could benefit cricket's development in Japan
The potential inclusion of cricket's shortened T20 format in 2028 would give Japanese cricket access to funding from the Japan Olympic Committee and other organizations.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 22, 2020
IOC exec John Coates says Tokyo Games may not go ahead, even with vaccine
October will be a crucial assesment time for host Tokyo because multiple countries are still wrestling with the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2020
Olympic organizers in rough waters a month after delay of Tokyo Games
One of the biggest challenges for Japan is the burden of additional costs generated by the delay.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2020
IOC removes Abe comment regarding Olympics costs from website
Top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday that Abe had not agreed to any additional costs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2020
Confusion reigns over who will foot bill for delayed Tokyo Olympics
The IOC says Japan will pay, but the top government spokesman says no such deal has been made.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Apr 13, 2020
IOC bracing for extra costs from Tokyo Olympics delay, Bach says
Bach expects his organization to pay several hundred million dollars in additional costs as a result of the Olympics' rescheduling to July and August 2021.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2020
Tokyo Games postponement to require Olympic-scale rethink
When Tokyo Games organizers, the International Olympic Committee and the world's premier athletes saw their July and August 2020 plans go up in a coronavirus-ignited puff of smoke recently, they began a journey into the unknown.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2020
Businessman paid ¥881 million by Tokyo's Olympic bid committee lobbied figure at center of French graft probe
A businessman who received millions of dollars for his work on Tokyo's successful campaign to host the 2020 Olympics, which were postponed in March due to COVID-19, has said he played a key role in securing the support of a former Olympics powerbroker suspected by French prosecutors of taking bribes...
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 27, 2020
IOC set to reveal dates for rescheduled Tokyo Olympics in April: source
The International Olympic Committee will set dates for the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics in about three weeks, a source familiar with the matter said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2020
Weeks of anguish and a 'black box': Inside the decision to delay the Tokyo Olympics
Officials in charge of staging the Tokyo Olympics crowded around a low table inside Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's residence late Tuesday, wincing as they spoke by phone with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2020
Japan makes history by putting Tokyo 2020 on hold in favor of 'recovery Olympics' next year
The one-year deferral announcement for the quadrennial sporting event amid the COVID-19 pandemic marks the beginning of a fresh chapter in what had already seemed an uphill battle for Japan.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 25, 2020
Japanese athletes react to Olympic postponement
Some of Japan’s top athletes have expressed mixed feelings following Tuesday’s announcement that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the International Olympic Committee had agreed to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics for “about a year” amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2020
Postponing Olympics 'wise and great,' Trump tells Abe
U.S. President Donald Trump told Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during phone talks Wednesday that a roughly one-year postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics was a "wise and great" decision, Japan's top government spokesman has said.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Rare sequel to 'My Neighbor Totoro' to play at Cannes
A screening of "Mei and the Baby Cat Bus," which is being billed as a "mini-sequel" to the Studio Ghibli classic "My Neighbor Totoro," is set to take place at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last July.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners
From the outside, the light-brown complex that is Fuchu Prison in western Tokyo could easily be mistaken for a city hall.
The politicians moving Japan forward on climate
While not the most outspoken politician on the issue, digital minister Taro Kono has a track record of being serious in his commitment to addressing the climate crisis.
Seoul's eclectic Art OnO shines light on Japan's artists and galleries
Art OnO, which took place from April 19 to 21 in Seoul, featured a modest number of 36 participating galleries from 15 countries.
Want to be a voice actor? Stay 'true to the character'
SungWon Cho is a veteran with more than 10 years of experience portraying characters in anime, cartoons and video games.
Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
Japan Times contributor Laura Pollacco (front right) was offered the role of one of her all-time favorite heroines, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet, in the Tokyo International Players’ production of “Pride and Prejudice.”

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