Plenty of challenges ahead for Tokyo as six-month countdown to Olympics begins
Friday marked six months until the opening of the 2020 Olympic Games, and although Tokyo has received praise for its preparations to host the world's biggest sporting event, the road up until now has also had its fair share of potholes and speed bumps, ...
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike looks ahead to 2020 Games and end of her term
With a little over half a year to go until the start of the Summer Games, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike says the host city is all set for the sporting extravaganza and is focusing on ensuring the games will have a long-lasting legacy. "After various ...
National Stadium ready for Olympics
The newly built National Stadium, which will serve as the main venue for next summer's Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, was unveiled on Sunday. Hundreds of media members, from both domestic and international outlets, toured the inside and outside of the venue, which was completed ...
IOC agrees to hold Olympic marathon, race walk on final 4 days of Tokyo Games
The International Olympic Committee agreed Wednesday the 2020 Olympic marathon and race walk events, which have been relocated from Tokyo to Sapporo, will take place over the last four days of the July 24 to Aug. 9 games, according to the organizers. The IOC's executive ...
Tokyo confirms it will hold vote for governor and assembly by-elections on July 5
Tokyo will hold a gubernatorial election on July 5 next year, ahead of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on July 24, the capital's election committee announced Wednesday. Gov. Yuriko Koike's term ends July 30 next year, and election law stipulates that gubernatorial elections ...
Tokyo Metropolitan Government to make thousands of properties available for 5G base stations
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike has said that the metropolitan government will make 8,297 buildings and 4,502 land lots available for installing base stations for 5G high-speed wireless communication networks. "We want (the stations) to be installed promptly," Koike said at a meeting with executives of ...
Election for Tokyo governor looks set for July 5, three weeks before Olympics
The Election Administration Commission hopes to minimize the impact from the election on the quadrennial sporting event, sources said.
Why aren't more young people fighting climate change in Japan?
Around the world, young people are leading the fight against climate change. But in Japan, a conservative culture of restraint and the stigmatization of public demonstrations are making it difficult for the movement to take hold. During the global climate strike in September, 7.6 million ...
Tokyo Gov. Koike gives up fighting IOC's decision to move Olympic marathon to Sapporo
The governor was reluctant to acquiesce to the unilateral move, but said “the chances of winning were slim.”
Tokyo’s governor, who said she was blindsided by the IOC’s decision to move the marathon and walking events to Sapporo over heat concerns, asked why the city was not consulted.
Tokyoites split over 2020 marathon being held in Sapporo, metropolitan government survey shows
In the survey of around 2,000 residents, 36 percent supported the International Olympic Committee’s plan to shift the events to Sapporo, while 32 percent were opposed.
Tokyo Gov. Koike protests but IOC stands firm on 2020 Olympic marathon's move to Sapporo
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike demands an explanation on why the Olympic host city wasn’t consulted about the decision to move the marathon and race-walking events to Sapporo.
