Tokyo 2020

— 17 February 2021

Five criteria for finding the rare-bird

No time to waste. The eight-person task force – four men and four women – formed last week to find a successor to Yoshiro Mori as President of Tokyo... Lire la suite »

— 17 February 2021

World boxing OQT goes by the wayside

A new pre-Olympic event has just been added to the long list of international competitions canceled or postponed. It concerns boxing. The Japanese Boxing Federation announced Tuesday, February 16th,... Lire la suite »

— 17 February 2021

The torch relay, a new puzzle for the Tokyo Games

Trouble continues for the organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Games. After the Yoshiro Mori affair, and growing mistrust in the public opinion and the business world, a new threat... Lire la suite »

— 16 February 2021

Mistrust wins the business world

Bad sign. After public opinion, Japanese mistrust of the Tokyo Games is now spreading to the business world. A survey conducted between February 1-8 (before Yoshiro Mori’s resignation) by... Lire la suite »

— 16 February 2021

Mori’s successor known this week

Let’s go. According to NHK, the panel of personalities called upon to nominate Yoshiro Mori’s successor as chair of the Tokyo Games organising committee is due to hold its... Lire la suite »

— 15 February 2021

Lithuania vaccinates its athletes

The series continues. After Israel, Hungary and Serbia, Lithuania in turn began the process of vaccinating its athletes against the coronavirus, in the run-up to the Tokyo Games. The... Lire la suite »

— 15 February 2021

At the Tokyo Games, women eye power

Time is running out. With 158 days before the alleged opening of the Tokyo Games (July 23rd to August 8th), the organising committee has yet to decide whether the... Lire la suite »

— 12 February 2021

Mori takes the door, but his successor will have to wait

One president is leaving, but the next one may be slow in coming to the Tokyo Games Organising Committee. Yoshiro Mori tendered his resignation as Tokyo 2020 presidency on... Lire la suite »

— 11 February 2021

Opening in the morning

Historical. For the first time, US broadcaster NBC will broadcast the opening ceremony live in the morning of the Tokyo Games in the United States. It is scheduled to... Lire la suite »

— 11 February 2021

Faced with pressure, Yoshiro Mori will put his thumbs up

The information is not yet official, but it should become in the coming hours: Yoshiro Mori, 83, chairman of the Tokyo 2020 Games organising committee, will be stepping down.... Lire la suite »