Japan

Super Rugby organiser Sanzar, the umbrella body for the Australian, New Zealand and South African unions, has unveiled the competition’s new Japanese franchise, adding it is confident the rising interest in rugby union in the country can fuel its development.

The International Aquatics Federation (Fina) has revealed that China, Japan and Qatar are the only three countries that remain in the running to stage its World Championships and World Masters Championships in 2021 and 2023.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has confirmed that six cities from three continents have lodged bids to host the 2018 edition of its World Championships.

The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee has proposed baseball/softball, karate, skateboard, sports climbing and surfing as additional sports for its staging of the Olympic Games.

World Rugby, the international governing body of rugby union, has approved a revised roadmap submitted by Japan for the staging of the 2019 Rugby World Cup which will see Yokohama replace Tokyo as the venue for the tournament’s final.

Japan’s Sports Minister Hakubun Shimomura has offered his resignation in the wake of the furore caused by the decision to open a new design process for Tokyo’s new National Stadium, the centrepiece of the city’s staging of the 2020 Olympic Games.

The Theatre de Liege in Belgium has dropped a legal case over the design of a logo for the 2020 summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, but the graphic artist who created the theatre's emblem is to pursue action in the case of alleged plagiarism.

Zaha Hadid Architects has scrapped plans to resubmit a proposal to build the main stadium for the 2020 summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

Japanese Swimming Federation chairman Daichi Suzuki has been appointed to lead the Japan Sports Agency, a new body that has been formed ahead of Tokyo’s staging of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games has unveiled plans for a body that will oversee the selection of new emblems for the event following the furore caused by the previous design.

International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) president Thomas Weikert has expressed his optimism that a mixed doubles competition will be added to the programme for the 2020 Olympic Games after holding talks with his counterpart at the Tokyo organising committee, Yoshiro Mori.

Zaha Hadid Architects has linked up with Japanese design and engineering company Nikken Sekkei in a bid to win back the contract for the main stadium for the Tokyo 2020 summer Olympic Games.

Four of the leading women’s golf tours have collaborated to launch the Queens, a new team competition that will make its debut this December in Japan.

Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have scrapped the official logo for the event, but refuted accusations of plagiarism levelled at its designer.

The Japanese government has signed off on plans to slash construction costs for Tokyo’s new national stadium by 42 per cent.

Japanese organisers of the 2019 Rugby World Cup have pledged to meet World Rugby’s demand for a fresh masterplan for the tournament, after the global governing body today (Thursday) said it would need a new roadmap for its showpiece event by the end of September.