Commentary / World Aug 5, 2017
Give Los Angeles the Olympics for good
by Adam Minter
Rotating the Olympic Games between a few select cities would be better than risking having none at all due to spiraling costs.
National Jul 27, 2017
National Stadium for Tokyo Olympics to be refitted for team ball sports after 2020 Games
A task force for the Japan Sports Agency agreed on Wednesday to use the new National Stadium being built for the Tokyo Olympics exclusively for team ball sports such as soccer and rugby after the 2020 Games. The Japan Association of Athletics Federations, which had ...
National Jul 24, 2017
Run for it: Tokyo kicks off 2020 countdown with 1,000-km relay, Olympic medalists
A 1,000-km citizens' relay from Aomori Prefecture to Tokyo kicked off Monday as part of several events marking the three-year countdown to the 2020 Olympics. In the 15-day event, about 1,800 runners and cyclists including Olympic medalists will run through the area devastated by the ...
National Jul 24, 2017
Sports Day may be moved up to opening day of Olympics in 2020
Plans are afoot to hold Sports Day in July instead of October in 2020 to ease traffic congestion on the first day of the Olympics, sources with knowledge of the plan said. The national holiday falls on the second Monday of October. Changing the date ...
National Jul 20, 2017
Security cameras to be installed on Kyushu shinkansen in run-up to 2020 Olympics
Kyushu Railway Co. said Wednesday it will install security cameras in its shinkansen running in Kyushu beginning in November to enhance security ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. The railway will introduce the cameras in passenger cabins and the decks of the 800 ...
National Jul 19, 2017
Japan taps tech to foil nuclear terrorism ahead of Tokyo Olympics
With the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo just three years away, the government is stepping up efforts to prevent terrorist attacks using nuclear and other radioactive materials. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency has developed a device capable of detecting nuclear materials during airport baggage ...
National Jul 19, 2017
Towns across Japan vie to host foreign athletes ahead of Tokyo Games
by Ayano Shimizu
More than 250 local governments have offered to serve as host towns for foreign athletes who will take part in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, in a bid to promote exchanges with participants. The central government has been soliciting ideas from local authorities willing ...
Editorials Jul 16, 2017
Reducing the cost of hosting the Olympic Games
Tokyo is under pressure to reduce the cost of hosting the Olympics, both for its own sake and the sake of future host cities.
National Jul 10, 2017
IOC board mulls refugee teams for 2020 Games
The International Olympic Committee Executive Board agreed Sunday to continue its support for refugees by getting them involved in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The IOC is considering the participation of a team of refugee athletes at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Last summer in Rio de ...
National Jul 4, 2017
IOC exec praises public use of Tokyo Olympic venues while games are underway
The 2020 Olympics will take on a radical new look, with its urban sports venues open for public use while the games are in progress, International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates said last week in Tokyo. Earlier in June, the IOC decided to add ...
Editorials Jul 1, 2017
Bad decision on passive smoking
The government should be ashamed of knuckling under to the tobacco industry and deciding not to crack down on smoking in public places.
Asia Pacific Jun 26, 2017
North Korea seeks sanctions relief to team with South in 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games
North Korea appears to be specifying the lifting of sanctions imposed on the rogue state as a condition for the formation of a single, combined team representing the two Koreas at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, local media reported Monday. Commenting just ...