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Robots from 'Gundam' series to greet 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic athletes from space
Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games announced plans Wednesday to launch robots from the "Mobile Suit Gundam" anime series into space aboard a satellite that will broadcast messages of support to athletes. In the project, conducted in collaboration with the Japan Aerospace ...
Application period for Tokyo Olympics ticket lottery begins for residents of Japan
The results of the lottery will be announced on June 20, and the winners will be required to submit payment by July 2.
JAEA studying use of AI for forensic analysis after acts of nuclear terrorism
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has launched a study to explore the potential use of artificial intelligence for identifying the origin and characteristics of nuclear materials collected in the aftermath of an act of nuclear terrorism, officials said Tuesday. The move comes as Japan ...
Sports federation chiefs voice concerns over Tokyo 2020 preparation
With less than 15 months until next year's Tokyo Games, international sports federations voiced concerns Tuesday about event logistics including athlete services and venue presentation. During an international sports meeting in the Gold Coast, Australia, officials from the Japanese organizing committee for the 2020 Olympics ...
Japan residents can register for Tokyo 2020 Olympics ticket lottery from May 9
Registration for the lottery will be possible from May 9 via the ticket sales website, where users can choose which Olympic events they wish to attend.
Over half of guide dog users say Tokyo's preparations for 2020 Games not yet adequate, survey shows
More than half of guide dog users in Japan said Tokyo is not adequately prepared to welcome visitors from overseas who rely on guide dogs when it hosts the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020, a survey finds. The largest segment of the respondents, 50.6 ...
Abe sacks gaffe-prone Olympics minister Sakurada after 3/11 remarks and gives predecessor job back
After effectively removing gaffe-prone Olympics minister Yoshitaka Sakurada Wednesday night, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appointed Shunichi Suzuki, Sakurada's predecessor, as the next Olympics minister Thursday. "I want (Suzuki) to regain trust and bring the Olympics to a success," Abe told reporters Thursday morning. Sakurada submitted his ...
Japan's Asics and Mizuno look to capitalize on Rugby World Cup and Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Japanese sports equipment firms are looking at the three years through 2021, dubbed the "Golden Sports Years," as opportunities for growth. These are "three unprecedented years," Akito Mizuno, president of Mizuno Corp., said of the period during which major world sporting events will be held ...
'Destiny' deepens Japan-Brazil judo relations
When Yuko Fujii took a job coaching judo in England after graduating from university, she didn't anticipate that she would one day be coaching the sport at an Olympics in her home country. Fujii is now the head coach for the Brazilian men's national judo ...
Suspicion surrounds boxing decisions at 2016 Rio Olympics: report
An internal investigation by amateur boxing's world body AIBA has raised serious questions about the judging at the 2016 Rio Olympics, with particular suspicion falling on a French official, French newspaper Le Monde reported on Monday. France basked in the glow of six boxing medals ...
Tokyo Paralympic Games get a cherry blossom torch with new color and braille text
The organizing committee of the 2020 Tokyo Games has unveiled the Paralympic version of the official torch, which uses the braille alphabet and differs from the Olympic torch in color. Both the Paralympic and Olympic torches for next year's games make use of Japan's iconic ...
Japan's 'Olympic ojiisan' dies with Tokyo 2020 dream unfulfilled
An Olympic mega-fan who attended every Summer Games since Tokyo in 1964 has died, just over a year before his home city was set to host its second Olympics. Tokyo businessman Naotoshi Yamada, 92, who died on March 9 from heart failure, was a national ...
