Japan
Kanpei Hazama to cross continents for Tokyo 2016
Tokyo 2016 Bid Ambassador Kanpei Hazama today began an epic 'Earth Marathon', which will see him run and sail 36,000km (23,000 miles) around the globe.
Thousands attend rally to support Tokyo 2016
Japanese sports fans gathered on Friday for the Tokyo 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games Supporters Assembly to show support for the Olympic Movement and Tokyo 2016.
Tokyo 2016 celebrates FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008
Tokyo 2016 welcomes some of the world's finest footballers for the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008.
Honda withdraw from F1
Honda is pulling out of Formula One, blaming the world economic crisis for plans to sell its team, according to UK press reports.
ANMC21 backs Tokyo’s 2016 bid campaign
Tokyo’s bid for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games received a boost from the 7th Plenary Meeting of the Asian Network of Major Cities 21 (ANMC21).
Tokyo 2016 launches ‘Olympics for All’ campaign
Tokyo 2016 is celebrating the latest set of events in its ‘Olympics for All’ roadshow series, which have been uniting young and old with sport and the Olympic movement for over a year.
Tokyo 2016 bid boosted by anti-terrorism exercise
Tokyo has staged its biggest ever anti-terrorism exercise, in an attempt to prove its credentials for staging the 2016 Olympic Games, Reuters reports.
Obama victory could hurt Tokyo’s 2016 bid
Officials from the Tokyo 2016 bid team insist its hosting prospects for the Summer Games will not be hit despite Barack Obama's victory in the U.S. presidential election, Reuters reports.
Fiat extends sponsorship deal with MotoGP team
Italian automobile manufacturer, Fiat, extended its sponsorship deal of Yamaha's factory MotoGP team for the next two seasons.
Tokyo 2016 commits to greener Olympics
The city of Tokyo has taken a global leadership position on environment and sustainability, adopting every environmental initiative put forward by planners at the C40 Climate Change Conference.
2016 Candidate Cities visits announced
The International Evaluation Commission will visit the four Candidate Cities bidding for the 2016 Olympic Games in April and May of 2009.
Japanese team may be on Super 14’s agenda
Plans to expand rugby’s Super 14 competition may include the fast-tracking a Japan-based team, according to the Canberra Times.
Tokyo 2016’s bid takes to the air
Tokyo 2016's Bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games reached for the skies
as Official Bid Partners, All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines
(JAL), unveiled Tokyo 2016 branded planes.
Tokyo 2016 kicks off countdown
Tokyo 2016 kicked off the one-year countdown to select the 2016 Olympic
and Paralympic Games' host city by staging a celebration at Midtown -
the latest redevelopment in the heart of Japan's capital.
Tokyo 2016 endorses newly launched Japan Tourism Agency
The plans of Japan’s newly launched Tourism Agency to encourage 20million foreign visitors to the country by 2020 have been endorsed byTokyo 2016.
Tokyo 2016 host lecture as part of education commitment
Tokyo 2016 and the Japan Olympic Academy (JOA) hosted a lecture by Dr.
Gene Sutton, Executive Board Member of the Canadian Olympic Committee
(COC) and head of the Canadian Olympic Academy (COA), to discuss
education related activities in Canada, host country of the Vancouver
2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Sochi 2014 team to draw on Beijing Paralympic games experience
Russia’s minister of regional development says he has been inspired by Beijing 2008 and that the Sochi Organising Committee will analyse every detail of the Olympic and Paralympic experience to ensure the 2014 Winter Games are equally impressive.
Real Madrid to launch Japanese mobile website
Spanish football club, Real Madrid and Total Sports Asia (TSA) has appointed Japanese digital content developer, MLC Inc, to launch the official mobile website of Real Madrid in Japan.