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Japan's domestic sponsors agree to extend deal for delayed Tokyo Games

Tokyo 2020 organizers said on Thursday that all 68 Japanese domestic sponsors for the Summer Olympics have agreed in principle to extend their contracts for the delayed Games.Among them are also t

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2021 major sports outlook: Tokyo Olympics and Euro2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on global sport this year, as a host of major events were canceled or postponed. As a result, the year 2021 will be packed with high-profile events, dominating

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Tokyo Olympics torch relay to start on March 25, 2021 in Fukushima

The torch relay event of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games will start on March 25 next year in Fukushima Prefecture, organizers said on Monday.Even the Tokyo Olympics

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Tokyo Olympics torch relay to start on March 25, 2021 in Fukushima

Yoshiro Mori, president of Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, addresses during the ceremony marking the Olympic flame to be publicly displayed at the Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo

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Tokyo Olympic Games challenge for Suga amid pandemic

Yoshihide Suga, the son of a strawberry farmer, is accustomed to living his life with hardships and challenges. But the task of hosting the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic

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Tokyo Olympic Games challenge for Suga amid pandemic

Japan's Suga hopeful about Tokyo Olympic Games amid falling economy. /VCG Yoshihide Suga, the son of a strawberry farmer, is accustomed to living his life with hardships and challenges. But th

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Chinese Foreign Ministry: Japan refutes reports of PM Suga's intention to talk with Tsai Ing-wen

Japan has refuted the reports of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's intention to hold phone talks with Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen, said Chinese Foreign Ministry on Saturda

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Survey shows most Japanese companies want Tokyo Olympics canceled or postponed again

A recent poll shows that more than half of Japanese companies want the Tokyo Olympic Games to be canceled or postponed again. Japan's Kyodo news agency said on Thursda

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Nobody expects Tokyo Olympics without spectators, says spokesman

The logo of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is seen outside the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in the Japanese capital, April 23, 2020. /VCG Tokyo 2020 spokesman Masa Takaya on Tuesday di

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IOC starts "Stronger Together" campaign one year to go until postponed Tokyo 2020

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) started its #StrongerTogether campaign on Thursday, which marks the one-year countdown to the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games.

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Tokyo 2020 to mark one year countdown to Olympics with video message

The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee will mark the one-year countdown to the postponed Olympic Games with a video message at the New National Stadium on Thursday July 2

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Same venues, same competitions retained for postponed Tokyo Olympic Games

The postponed Tokyo Olympic Games will be staged at the same venues under an almost identical schedule as planned before the Games was pushed back due to the COVID-19

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Schedule and venues will remain (almost) the same for Tokyo Olympics

Olympic logo in Tokyo. /VCG The postponed Tokyo Olympics will retain the same venues for the global universal sports event between July 23 and August 8 next year, announced the Tokyo 2020 orga

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Tokyo 2020 welcomes UN's Olympic truce change

The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee has welcomed the UN General Assembly's decision to move the previously agreed Olympic truce to 2021 due to the postponement of the O

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Postponed Olympic Games will be simplified, says Tokyo 2020 CEO

People wearing protective face masks are seen next to the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo, Japan, February 26, 2020. /Reuters The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee sa

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Tokyo 2020 CEO Muto denounces cancellation claim

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee CEO Toshiro Muto speaks during a press conference as the new dates for Tokyo Olympic Games announced in Tokyo, Japan, March 30, 2020. /V

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Tokyo 2020 reiterates "close collaboration" with IOC

Tokyo 2020 spokesman Masa Takaya said here on Friday that the Olympic Games organizers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are "in close collaboration" in a