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Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games on Tuesday announced the four finalists for the official nickname to be given to volunteers working at competition venues and the athletes' village. The shortlisted nominees are "Field Cast," "Games Anchor," "Games Force" and "Shining Blue," ...
The Diet on Saturday passed a bill that will prohibit ticket scalping for concerts and sports events in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. The legislation, unanimously approved by the House of Councilors in the predawn hours following its passage Tuesday in the ...
Embattled AIBA chief tries to placate voters amid Olympic inquiry
The president of the amateur boxing association says the body has "finally and fully left the troubled past behind," despite being put under an International Olympic Committee inquiry. AIBA president Gafur Rakhimov, who the U.S. Treasury Department says is a heroin trafficker linked to organized ...
IOC leader Thomas Bach speaks out on many issues
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said the organization is still reviewing multiple proposals concerning the possibility of extreme heat during the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo. Speaking during the IOC Executive Board Meeting on Saturday in Tokyo, Bach said in addition to concerns already ...
The largest-ever General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees convened in Tokyo on Wednesday with preparations for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in the Japanese capital among the items to be discussed. The two-day event at a Tokyo hotel opened with Prime ...
IOC chief Thomas Bach voices concern over extreme heat at 2020 Olympics
Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Sunday stressed his concern over extreme heat during the Tokyo 2020 Games, suggesting plans to further bring forward the starting time for the competition's two marathons. Bach and John Coates, vice president of the International Olympic Committee, met Tokyo governor ...
Kanagawa natives set out to master new yachting class
The wind was more like a zephyr, so the yacht was not running as swift as it could have. Still, it was comfortably plowing on the bay of Sagami. "It was maybe about 30 kph," Wakako Kajimoto said after the boat returned from practice to Enoshima ...
Japan will be guaranteed two berths, one men's team and one women's team, for volleyball as the host of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Japan Volleyball Association said Tuesday. There will be 24 quota places, 12 men's and 12 women's, with no more than 12 ...
Japan finished sixth in the women's all-around team event at the world artistic gymnastics championships on Tuesday, failing to clinch a berth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Japan, led by 2017 floor world champion Mai Murakami, scored a total of 160.262 for sixth. The United ...
Tokyo Fire Department conducts anti-terrorism drills in preparation for Olympics
With hundreds of thousands of visitors due to descend upon the capital for the 2020 Summer Games, the Tokyo Fire Department is making anti-terrorism preparations well in advance of the world's biggest sporting event. All of the department's 18,000 staffers conducted anti-terrorism drills Saturday as ...
Wheelchair tennis player Yui Kamiji becomes first Japanese to qualify for 2020 Games
Wheelchair tennis player Yui Kamiji on Friday became the first Japanese athlete to qualify for either the 2020 Tokyo Olympics or Paralympics by winning gold at the Asian Para Games. Kamiji defeated China's Zhu Zhenzhen 6-3, 6-4 in the women's singles gold-medal match at the ...
Total costs for Tokyo Olympic Games may reach ¥3 trillion: audit board
Total expenditures, including those by the central and local governments, for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games could reach ¥3 trillion.
