Olympics Jun 5, 2020
Decision on Tokyo Olympics must wait until spring 2021, organizer says
Former Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo believes a decision on the fate of the games will need to be made by next March.
National Sep 27, 2018
by Tomohiro Osaki
Former Olympics minister Toshiaki Endo said Thursday it would be difficult to introduce daylight saving time ahead of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, a move that has been discussed as a way to mitigate the problem of scorching heat during the ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Mar 11, 2016
Sports minister Hase believes more players could be involved in gambling
Sports minister Hiroshi Hase said Friday he is concerned that there are more players involved in the baseball gambling scandal that has seen a fourth player from the Yomiuri Giants admitting to his involvement. "I'd like to ask if he really is the last person ...
National Mar 4, 2016
2020 Olympics organizers again misfire with cauldron conundrum
Japan has won gold again — in the Olympic missteps category. The new National Stadium design apparently does not include a cauldron for the Olympic flame.
National / Politics Feb 4, 2016
Olympics minister denies cash-for-favors allegation involving English teacher dispatch agency
by Tomohiro Osaki
Toshiaki Endo has admitted taking cash from the founder of a Tokyo teacher dispatch agency but said he did nothing wrong.
Basketball Dec 8, 2015
Politicians launch support group for new men's basketball circuit
by Kaz Nagatsuka
A group of nearly two dozen Diet members launched a basketball-supporting parliamentarians' association and held its kickoff meeting on Tuesday at the members' office buildings of the House of Councilors in Tokyo's Nagatacho district. The members include some influential politicians, such as Taro Aso, a ...
Basketball Aug 6, 2015
China, Philippines vying to host 2019 FIBA World Cup
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Before the start of the three-day FIBA Central Board meeting on Friday, the Japan Basketball Association hosted a welcome party for the sport's executives at a Tokyo hotel. The dignitaries included FIBA president Horacio Muratore and FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann on Thursday night. One ...
National / Politics Jul 8, 2015
Political groups linked to Toshiaki Endo, the newly appointed minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, received millions of yen in donations from executives at a meat producer on the same day in 2013, political funds reports showed Wednesday, raising questions about their ...
National Jul 2, 2015
Olympics minister says first task is to address stadium funding feud
by Shusuke Murai
The newly appointed minister of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games says his immediate priority is to build trust between the central government and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government over funding the international sporting extravaganza. Appointed to fill the new Cabinet position on June 25, ...
National Jun 30, 2015
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has asked Japan's organizing committee to finalize the main stadium plan for the 2020 Summer Games before the IOC meets in late July, Toshiaki Endo, the Cabinet minister in charge of hosting the Olympics, revealed Tuesday. Endo, who was ...
National Jun 25, 2015
Toshiaki Endo appointed Olympics minister
by Shusuke Murai
Toshiaki Endo, a former rugby player who has abundant experience in sports-related organizations, was appointed Thursday as new minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympics. The 65-year-old, who is also a former vice sports minister, said that he is ready to take ...
National / Politics Jun 25, 2015
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday appointed veteran politician Toshiaki Endo as the nation's first Olympics minister as it seeks to navigate through a host of issues ahead of 2020 Summer Games. Though Tokyo won the games largely due to its organizational prowess, the last ...