Hosts Japan aiming high at Tokyo 2020

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 12:59

Japan wants its athletes to double their best-ever medal haul at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but experts warn the debt-laden nation will need to spend big if it is to seize the homefield advantage.

Japan begins preparations for 2020 Olympics

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 20:36

Preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics are already underway with Japan sizing up plans to ready its sporting facilities and urban infrastructure, Japanese officials said Monday.

Tokyo 2020 an endorsement of Asian dynamism

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 11:13

The decision to award Tokyo the 2020 Olympic Games was a triumph of business sense as much as common sense, and a unequivocal endorsement of Asia`s dynamic economies.

IOC opts for stability, money in picking Tokyo

Last Updated: Sunday, September 8, 2013, 10:51

The IOC was in no mood for new adventures when it picked Tokyo as the host of the 2020 summer Olympics.

Once-reluctant Japanese get behind Tokyo`s Olympic bid

Last Updated: Saturday, August 31, 2013, 10:33

Tokyo knows better than most how an Olympic Games can rebrand a city. It did it once already at the 1964 Games, shaking off a war-ravaged reputation and showing a modern face to the world.

`Squeaky clean` Tokyo `favourite host` for 2020 Olympics, say IOC sources

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 12:20

Tokyo is reportedly leading in the race for the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics, according to members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Tokyo`s 2020 bid turns to `flower power`

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 20:45

Tokyo`s 2020 Olympic bid leaders claim there will be "no mistakes" this time after losing the race to host the 2016 Summer Games.

Japan sets up Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid council

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 14:05

Japan has announced its bid to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games and established the Tokyo 2020 Council, headed by Prime Minister.

Tokyo set to bid for 2020 Summer Olympics

Last Updated: Friday, July 15, 2011, 18:04

Tokyo hopes a bid for the 2020 Olympics will serve as a symbol of Japan`s recovery from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

Tokyo`s 2020 Olympic bid to include quake-hit area

Last Updated: Monday, June 27, 2011, 15:18

Tokyo`s bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics would include the three quake-battered northeastern prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima as host sites, Japanese Olympic Committee President has said.