Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto dismissed figures in an academic report published on Tuesday that showed the Tokyo Olympics were set to be the most expensive in history, even before the additional costs to be incurred by the…
Japans new prime minister has gotten the word out to the president of the International Olympic Committee that he is behind next years delayed Tokyo Games. Yoshiro Mori, the head of the local organizing committee and also a…
Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto has stated that a COVID-19 vaccine is not a requirement for holding next year’s postponed Olympics and Paralympics. Muto on Friday attended the first meeting on countermeasures against the coronavirus pandemic with a Japanese…
A panel set-up to aid the organisation of next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo during the coronavirus pandemic is scheduled to meet for the first time on Friday (September 4). It will discuss border controls, COVID-19…
Tokyo 2020 Olympic organisers hope Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will remain involved in preparations for the re-arranged Games next year, despite his announced resignation on Friday. Abe had been all but synonymous with Tokyo 2020, heavily involved…
Tokyo Olympics: At a low-key ceremony to mark the unveiling of the Olympic flame display on Monday, Tokyo officials reiterated that next year’s Games will be a symbol of hope for the world as it recovers from the…
The resignation of Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has come as a big shock for the covid-deferred Tokyo Olympics. Abe who suffered from ulcerative colitis is to receive new and more prolonged treatment stepped down from the office…
Tokyo Olympics: A recent poll shows that more than half of Japanese companies want the Tokyo Olympic Games to be cancelled or postponed again. A recent poll shows that more than half of Japanese companies want the Tokyo…
Tokyo Olympics: Japan is set to keep the limit of spectators at sporting events at 5,000 as coronavirus cases in the Olympic and Paralympic host country remain high. The limit had been put in place until the end…
Soslan Ramonov is all set to make his comeback to vie for the Olympic slot in the Russian team. The Olympic champion has not yet decided in which category he will compete but it is likely he will…