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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2017
Chemicals exceeding standards again are detected at new site of fish market in Toyosu
An amount of benzene 79 times the maximum allowed was detected in groundwater samples gathered from the site at Toyosu where Tsukiji fish market is to be relocated.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2017
Tokyo Gov. Koike inspects Tsukiji for first time since delaying relocation
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike inspected the Tsukiji fish market Thursday for the first time since deciding to postpone its relocation from November last year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2017
Discussion of cost-sharing absent from Abe-Koike Olympics meeting
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike meet but eschew for now talks on how the financial burden should be shared.
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2017
Abe, Koike to hold talks, with 2020 Olympic budget likely on agenda
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike are set to hold talks Tuesday, with the budget for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics likely on the agenda.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 6, 2017
Koike unveils plans for cheaper, easier access to public records
Backing her pledges to improve transparency, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike announced plans Friday to improve access to public documents.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 1, 2017
Abe has no reason to rock the boat by calling early-2017 snap election
After weeks of speculation that 2017 may start with a snap election in late January, the prime minister said on NHK that it will not happen.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 31, 2016
Buried truths: Digging deep into Japanese media from 2016
Everyone agrees 2016 was a terrible year, and not just because so many popular celebrities died. In addition to the wars, both hot and rhetorical, that continue unabated throughout the world, the political situation in Europe and America veered toward isolationism. Hatred ruled, and no resentments were...
Japan Times
JAPAN / GEARING UP FOR THE GAMES
Dec 31, 2016
Final Olympics price tag almost certain to exceed current estimate
Even if the price tag for the Tokyo Games costs no more than the new target of u00a51.8 trillion, that is still more than twice the initial estimate.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2016
The top Japan news stories of 2016
The Japan Times newsroom selected these national news stories as the most important of 2016.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 22, 2016
Tokyo Olympics organizers settle on price tag for 2020 Games, eye further cost-cutting
Tokyo Olympic organizers on Wednesday slapped a first official price tag of ¥1.6 to ¥1.8 trillion on the 2020 Games.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Dec 21, 2016
Quotes of 2016, from 'Die, Japan' to 'Trump shock'
Some of the good, bad and ugly of what various people said or shouted out loud in 2016.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2016
Citizens petition Tokyo to save trees amid Ueno Park face-lift
As a planned face-lift for Tokyo's Ueno Park goes forward in preparation for the 2020 Olympics, residents are asking that the government refrain from cutting down decades-old trees.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 16, 2016
Koike backs Ariake Arena as 2020 volleyball venue after ¥6.5 billion discount
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike gets on board with the plan to build Ariake Arena to host Olympic volleyball in 2020, but not before scoring a significant discount.
EDITORIALS
Dec 10, 2016
Keeping Olympic costs down
Solid efforts have been made to cut the cost of hosting the Olympics, but even more should be done.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2016
Estimated cost for Tokyo 2020 Olympics jumps to ¥2 trillion
The figure is about 2.5 times the initial estimate in Tokyo's 2013 bid presentation to win the right to host the sporting extravaganza.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Nov 28, 2016
Let's discuss the proposed Tsukiji relocation
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike says she will decide in summer whether to relocate Tsukiji fish market to Toyosu, further delaying the long-troubled move.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2016
Koike describes pressure to succeed as Rio Games debriefing begins
As the International Olympic Committee kicked off a three-day debriefing session Monday on the Rio Games, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said she feels pressured to ensure the Tokyo Olympics succeeds in 2020.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 26, 2016
Hopes of stopping Tokyo 2020 are fading
NHK has announced that its yearlong historical drama series for 2019 will be about Japan's involvement in the Olympic movement, focusing on the nation's first foray to the games in 1912 and its first time hosting them in 1964. The story will also, according to Kyodo News, cover "events that took place...
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2016
Koike cuts pay of secret Tsukiji planners
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike issues pay cuts to the main players in the Tsukiji relocation debacle and seeks voluntarily compensation from former bureaucrats who were involved.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2016
Proposal to move rowing, canoe events to Miyagi venue to be shelved: sources
Related sports organizations have expressed concern that a separate athletes village would have to be set up outside of Tokyo.

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