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OLYMPIC STADIUM

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Feb 28, 2018
Florian Busch, the architect who floated the Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium
Japan-based German architect warns that Tokyo risks squandering a historic chance to offer an ambitious, sustainable vision in 2020.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 3, 2017
Montreal's Olympic Stadium opens for asylum seekers coming from U.S.
Canadian health authorities and aid workers are using an Olympic stadium to shelter asylum seekers as a growing number of people walk into the country from the United States.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sep 10, 2016
Countryside games add challenges, concerns for NPB teams
Japan's schedule of countryside games (those played away from the home franchise stadiums of the 12 Central and Pacific League teams) has concluded for the season. The last scheduled game, where the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters were to have played the Chiba Lotte Marines on Tuesday at Asahikawa was rained out.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 11, 2016
Tokyo 2020 Olympics president slams sports minister, council over cauldron fuss
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori laid blame on the Games' new main stadium operator, the Japan Sports Council, and sports minister Hiroshi Hase on Friday for the fiasco over the placement of the Olympic cauldron.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2016
Stadium architect plays down Olympic flame mistake, says solution being sought
Kengo Kuma said his team is remedying the nation's latest Olympic blunder: nowhere for the Olympic flame to burn.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2016
2020 Olympics organizers again misfire with cauldron conundrum
Japan has won gold again — in the Olympic missteps category. The new National Stadium design apparently does not include a cauldron for the Olympic flame.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Jan 11, 2016
New Tokyo Olympic stadium design selected
A design by architect Kengo Kuma has been picked as the 2020 Tokyo Olympic main stadium, the government has announced.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 22, 2015
Kengo Kuma, architect picked to design Tokyo's new Olympic stadium, is highly regarded in his field
Kengo Kuma, whose design was picked Tuesday for Tokyo's new Olympic stadium, is one of Japan's best known architects.
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2015
Special lotteries planned to raise ¥16 billion for 2020 Olympics, rugby event
A group plans to offer special lotteries from fiscal 2016 to help raise some u00a516 billion for the construction of facilities related to both events.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2015
City in Gunma dumps controversial designer's museum logo
The city of Ota, Gunma Prefecture, has ditched a public museum logo designed by Kenjiro Sano, whose work for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was withdrawn amid a plagiarism controversy, Mayor Masayoshi Shimizu said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2015
New sports agency chief Suzuki pledges 'new direction' for 2020 Olympics preparations
Former Olympic swimming champion Daichi Suzuki believes the launch of Japan's new sports agency can help lift the gloom surrounding Tokyo's preparations for the games.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Aug 20, 2015
Limits of Abe's leadership
Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori has been and continues to be a thorn in Shinzo Abe's side, as evidenced by the National Stadium brouhaha.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jul 29, 2015
Views from Tokyo: What do you think of the decision to ditch Zaha Hadid's Olympic stadium plan and start from scratch?
Residents and visitors offer their opinions on the recently announced plan to abandon architect Zaha Hadid's ambitious design for a new National Stadium in Tokyo and reopen the bidding process.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jul 20, 2015
Let's discuss the plan for a new National Stadium in Tokyo
The complicated design of Tokyo's new National Stadium meant only a limited number of contractors could tackle the project and was the biggest cause of its budget blowout.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2015
Tokyo Olympics' national stadium mutates into a meme
Due to its high price tag and controversial design, the New National Stadium, slated to host events of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, has received a lot of heat this year. A meme emerged in which netizens vented their discontent ... and showed off their mad Photoshop skills. Here are some highlights:
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 15, 2015
Government changes its tune on Olympic stadium design amid soaring costs
The government is now considering modifying the design for a ¥252 billion Olympic stadium, in response to public criticism over the shy-high cost.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2015
IOC says Tokyo's preparations 'outstanding,' but costs need watching
The cost of venues for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics will have to be carefully watched and managed, but the Japanese capital's preparations are otherwise "outstanding," IOC Vice President John Coates said on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2015
¥252 billion price tag for National Stadium confirmed
The central government said Monday it expects the overall cost of building the new National Stadium to reach ¥252 billion, some ¥90 billion more than the initial projection.
COMMENTARY / Japan / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 14, 2014
Hadid's curse: Mammoth monstrosity threatens Tokyo's greenbelt
The government needs to pull the plug on the planned new Olympic stadium designed by the celebrity British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2014
Architect blasts new Tokyo Olympics stadium as ‘a sin, a crime’
A revised plan for Japan's new stadium for the 2020 Olympics is still so wasteful and large for the site that it's a "sin" — one that destroys the power of the original design, a Tokyo architect running a petition drive against the structure said.
New JAL chief concerned about yen’s ‘excessive’ weakness
Mitsuko Tottori became Japan Airlines’ first female CEO on April 1, having risen through the ranks as a flight attendant and heading the flight attendant and customer experience divisions.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.

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