National | FOCUS Mar 31, 2020
Coronavirus question mark still hangs over Tokyo Olympics in 2021
The lingering problem is whether the global health crisis will be under control by then.
Commentary / World Mar 31, 2020
The 2021 Olympic Games will be the greatest ever
by Brad Glosserman
The 2021 Olympic Games should be a celebration of a world that overcomes petty nationalisms, rather than one that reinforces them.
National / Media | Japan Pulse Mar 28, 2020
Postponement of 2020 Olympics sends social media into a frenzy
by Patrick St. Michel
It was only a matter of time before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics to change tack. After months of speculation, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Tuesday night that the games would be postponed until 2021. Online media in Japan and ...
National Mar 27, 2020
Weeks of anguish and a 'black box': Inside the decision to delay the Tokyo Olympics
by Yoshifumi Takemoto and Karalos Grohmann
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. Minutes later, Abe emerged to inform a gaggle of reporters that ...
Business Mar 27, 2020
Tokyo 2021 internet domains snapped up as Olympic delay confirmed
At least 59 internet domains containing phrases related to the Tokyo Olympics and 2021 were obtained on Tuesday, the day the spectacle was postponed, it was learned Thursday. Many are believed to have been acquired for resale, with one being auctioned for ¥1.9 million. An expert ...
National Mar 25, 2020
In Japan, disappointment but understanding over postponed Olympics
People in Japan reacted with bitter disappointment Tuesday at news the Olympic Games the nation was set to host had been postponed after years of preparations, but many said they understood the move in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even shortly after the announcement Tokyo's ...
Olympics Mar 25, 2020
Japan has started the unprecedented task of reorganizing the Tokyo Olympics after the historic decision to postpone the world’s biggest sporting event due to the coronavirus outbreak.
National Mar 25, 2020
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. A day after the International Olympic Committee board endorsed ...
Business / Economy Mar 25, 2020
In coronavirus-hit world, sponsors to stand by delayed Tokyo Olympics
Major corporate sponsors of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics are standing by the International Olympic Committee after the games were postponed and experts familiar with the deals said the companies would not likely seek the return of billions of dollars committed to the agreements. Fourteen global ...
Olympics Mar 24, 2020
It's official: Tokyo Olympics delayed until 2021 due to coronavirus
by Ryusei Takahashi
In a stunning but foreshadowed move, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced late Tuesday night that Japan had reached an agreement with International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games to be postponed until next summer at the latest as ...
National Mar 24, 2020
Tokyo Olympic flame set to be carried by car due to COVID-19 pandemic
The Tokyo Games Organising Committee plans to transport the Olympic flame in a lantern by car instead of having it carried by torchbearers when the Japan leg of the torch relay starts later in the week, sources said Tuesday. The torch relay will be held ...
National Mar 24, 2020
Abe to hold talks with IOC chief as Tokyo Olympics head toward delay
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold telephone talks with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on Tuesday over plans to postpone this summer's Tokyo Olympics, a government source said. Abe is expected to tell Bach that if the games are postponed, the delay should be ...