Another medal-earning feat by the Japan men's 4x100-meter relay team at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in London was certainly an encouraging sign, and now it hopes to achieve its ultimate goal: winning a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. That, of course, will ...
A Japanese nonprofit group is preparing to set up a hospitality venue for LGBT athletes and fans during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics to boost diversity at the events. "We want to leave a legacy by opening up the world of sports (to diversity) ...
A year since becoming Tokyo governor, Yuriko Koike is riding high. In that time, she has won over voters by successfully portraying herself as an iconoclast battling the "black box" opacity that she says has long pervaded the decision-making process in Tokyo. Her latest accomplishment is ...
Japanese business executives have mixed feelings — a combination of anticipation and anxiety — about the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Some have high hopes for an expected boost to economic growth, while others are concerned about a possible fall in demand after the event ...
Preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have kicked into full gear, with the world's biggest quadrennial sports event just three years away. One of the biggest challenges facing any host city for the Olympics is how to make the event sustainable. For Tokyo, organizers are ...
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 ...
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 ...
The threats of terrorism and financial ruin are a constant worry for modern Olympic host cities, but Tokyo 2020 organizers face the added risk of a devastating earthquake or tsunami.
Japanese companies are accelerating preparations to seize Olympic business opportunities to ensure money will keep rolling in after the quadrennial sporting spectacle ends in 2020. "The mission for the business community is to realize the expected economic effects," said Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of the Japan ...
The suicide of a man who logged over 200 hours of overtime building the main stadium for the Olympics was caused by overwork, his family’s lawyer says.
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 ...
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 ...
