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Tokyo 2020’s promise to be “the most innovative” Olympics in history takes shape
In the third of a trilogy of interviews with the Tokyo 2020 organising committee, SportBusiness speaks to Hideyo Hirata, head of the innovation promotion office and deputy executive director of technology services.
Tokyo 2020 sports director leaves to take up Japan Sports Agency role
Koji Murofushi, the sports director of Tokyo’s summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, has left the organising committee to take up a new role as commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency.
Bach warns over belief in ‘silver bullet’ for Tokyo’s Olympics
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has said “important and intensive discussions” will take place in the coming weeks over Covid-19 countermeasures for Tokyo’s summer Olympic Games…
Fan attendance still targeted for ‘new norm’ Tokyo Olympics – Coates
International Olympic Committee vice-president and chair of the Coordination Commission for Tokyo’s summer Olympic Games, John Coates, has said organisers are still planning for events to be held with f…
Tokyo 2020 insists new sponsors coming as city’s Skytree signs up
Tokyo 2020, the organising committee for the delayed Olympic and Paralympic Games, claims to be receiving interest from Japanese companies keen to sponsor the event despite the lingering hosting doubts