Will Japan’s Extended State of Emergency Work For or Against the Tokyo Olympics?
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has said the Tokyo Olympics will be “a light at the end of the tunnel.” Will that light ever…
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Naomi Watanabe praised online for reaction to bigoted pitch by Tokyo 2020 creative director
Bigoted “pig” pitch On March 17, 2021, a weekly magazine reported a statement by Hiroshi Sasaki, then creative director overseeing the planning and direction of…
Tokyo 2020 holds Olympic Torch Relay Rehearsal
Tokyo 2020 held an Olympic Torch Relay rehearsal in three cities earlier this month in order to work out and fix any potential problems that…
Refugee Athlete to take part in Tokyo Marathon 2020
Yonas Kinde, a refugee athlete has been chosen as an elite runner for the Tokyo Marathon. According to the UNHCR This will be the first…
Olympic 2020 games to go ahead despite COVID-19 concerns
Despite ongoing fears of the spread of the coronavirus, organisers of the 2020 Olympic games say the event will be going ahead as originally planned….
Countdown to Tokyo 2020: Japan’s Arts and Culture Also Prepare for the Olympics Stage
Yukako Ueki for JAPAN Forward The six-month countdown to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games started on January 24, and the athletes are working hard in…
Bones of 187 Human Bodies Discovered Near Tokyo’s New Olympic Stadium
According to a report from Asahi TV, information has now surfaced that bones of 187 human bodies were discovered in the preparation phase before construction…
Forget Olympic Lodging Worries with Rentable “Japanese Hotel on Wheels” from Japan CRC
If you’re planning on visiting Tokyo for the 2020 Olympics and have yet to make reservations for a place to stay, you may have a…
Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relays: Routes, Runners and Race Details
On June 1, the organizing committee of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games announced the route for the Olympic torch relay races, which will…
Japan Will Send Gundam Models Into Space To Send Encouragement To Olympic Athletes
On Wednesday, an organizing committee of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games announced a collaborative effort with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and the…
Japanese Comedian’s Blackface Met With Both Indignation and Indifference Online
During a popular year-end comedy show on national broadcaster Nippon Television, Masatoshi Hamada of the famous Japanese comic duo Downtown appeared in a brief segment…
Tokyo 2020 Olympics Welcomes Akira Comparisons With Projection Mapping Event
Whatever the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Opening Ceremony turns out to be, it would be hard to imagine the proceedings not highlighting the many aspects of…
Tokyo 2020 Olympics Holding Mascot Design Contest, Offering ¥1 Million Prize
While anime character heavyweights such as Goku, Luffy, Sailor Moon, and Naruto have been named as official “ambassadors” of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, an…
2020 Tokyo Olympics To Become A Platform To Showcase Japanese Technology At Its Finest
As Japan gears up for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Japanese technology is taking an unprecedented step towards accommodating foreign visitors. The following are some technological…
Anime Characters Become Official Ambassadors For The 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Japan has been pretty open to using characters from popular fiction in the promotional campaign leading up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. At the…