Tag: Tokyo 2020

Meet the Tokyo 2020 Athletes: Karate Sensation Ryo Kiyuna

This month we kick off our Meet the 2020 Athletes series, which we’ll be running…

Tokyo Olympics Committee Chooses the Logo for the 2020 Games

After announcing their final four choices on Friday, April 8, the Tokyo Olympic Organising Committee…

Tokyo 2020 Olympics Committee Reveals Its Shortlist of Logo Candidates

The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee has revealed their shortlist of the logos for the upcoming…

Call for Olympic Logo Designs Met with Strong Interest

The Olympic Coordinating Committee’s request for logo submissions was met with strong interest, but time…

Olympic Coordinators Announce Logo Contest, but Doubts Persist

If Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic Games committee seemed irresponsible, aloof and out of touch with the…

The Current State of the 2020 Olympics, or “You Know, Five Years Isn’t That Much Time…”

From venue designs to logo plagiarism, many major aspects of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics games…

Back to the Drawing Board as Tokyo 2020 Organizers Scrap Logo

After weeks of swirling allegations of plagiarism and escalating public criticism, Tokyo’s Olympic coordinators decided…

Olympic Stadium Saga Continues: Cost Cuts Confirmed and New Deadline Imposed

There have been a series of controversies surrounding the new national stadium, which is set to…

Japanese Firms Race to Ready Robo-cars for the Road

Japanese tech firm DeNA is hoping to mix athletics and sci-fi at the 2020 Olympic games…

Olympic Stadium Woes Continue, an Architect Bristles and a Bureaucrat Resigns

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium saga continues with a handful of controversial developments over the…

Tokyo 2020 Needs to Go Green, Say Olympics Observers

Organizers are touting the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as the greenest games yet, but a growing…

Volleyball Legend Appointed Director of Tokyo 2020

As London prepares to host the 2012 Olympic games in July, Japan’s bid committee to…

Nationwide Survey Reveals Over 80 Million Japanese Support Tokyo’s Olympic Bid

The official survey, conducted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, was carried out online and by…

2020 Olympic Bid

  Picture: Tokyo 2020 CEO Masato Mizuno, two-time Olympic champion in wrestling Kaori Icho, logo…