Toshiro Muto

— 29 September 2021

The cost of the Tokyo Games will be unveiled next year

The Tokyo Games belong to the past, but their final cost is still unknown. And so it will be for at least a few more months. Just over three... Read more »

— 7 September 2021

Proud of its Games, Japan wants more

Time for reckoning has not come for Tokyo and Japan – yet. Which is for the best. It promises to be a difficult time. The Japanese know this. They... Read more »

— 23 August 2021

Japan turns up the heat for the Paralympics

The figures are worrying. Three days before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympic Games (August 24th to September 5th), the Japanese organisers recorded 30 COVID-19 cases among people... Read more »

— 25 June 2021

In Tokyo, the Olympic atmosphere will remain in the stadium

There is doubt anymore: the Tokyo Games will take place. The competitions will be held on the dates and at the times scheduled, and the programme will run from... Read more »

— 22 June 2021

10,000 spectators for the Tokyo Games… and even a little more

It’s about time. With one month and two days to go before the opening ceremony, the Games’ organisers and the IOC have finally decided on the issue of spectators... Read more »

— 3 June 2021

With 50 days to go before the Games, cancellations follow withdrawals

The date should have been shrouded in impatience and excitement. The countdown clock shows exactly 50 days before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games, this Thursday, June 3rd.... Read more »

— 30 April 2021

Japanese nurses wind up against the Tokyo Games

A new obstacle stands in the way of the organisers of the Tokyo Games. Not surprisingly, it is sanitary. 84 days before the opening ceremony, this Friday, April 30th,... Read more »

— 29 April 2021

For the Tokyo Games, Japan gives another turn of the screw

The number speaks volumes. In its own way, it sums it all up. On Wednesday, April 28th, the Tokyo Games Organising Committee unveiled the second version of its “playbook”... Read more »

— 27 April 2021

Health and transport, the impossible equation of the Tokyo Games

Time passes, but the questions remain for the organisers of the Tokyo Games. With less than 90 days of opening, nothing is easy. Even, come on, everything seems to... Read more »

— 25 March 2021

For the Tokyo Games, the flame of hope

It has left. Finally. The Olympic Torch Relay for the Tokyo Games kicked off early in the morning of Thursday, March 25th, from the football fields of J-Village, a... Read more »