Japan

The list of applicant venues seeking to be part of Japan’s staging of the 2019 Rugby World Cup has increased to 15, with Yokohama added to the list despite missing the initial bid deadline.

The Red Bull Air Race World Championship has added new events in Japan and Russia to its 2015 calendar.

The Japanese city of Sapporo has announced its intention to enter a bid to host the 2026 winter Olympic Games.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has suspended the Japanese Basketball Association (JBA) amid a number of issues, including the ongoing dispute between the country’s competing domestic leagues.

The addition of Argentine and Japanese franchises to the Super Rugby pan-regional club competition was officially confirmed today (Thursday), with Tokyo set to share hosting rights to the latter team with Singapore.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president John Coates wants Tokyo 2020 to stage Olympic Games events outside of the Japanese capital in order to curtail spiralling costs.

Fourteen cities have submitted bids to host matches when Japan stages the Rugby World Cup in 2019, organisers announced today (Wednesday).

The Seven46 campaign and content agency has moved to strengthen its position in the Japanese market by opening a new office in Tokyo.

The Japanese government has unveiled plans to create a new ministerial post dedicated to overseeing preparations for the Tokyo 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Japan is set to host Super Rugby’s 18th team when the pan-regional club competition expands in 2016 after organiser Sanzar confirmed today (Friday) that the Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) had edged out a rival bid from Singapore.

Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori has expressed his concern that delays in the demolition of the city’s National Stadium will affect preparations for the Olympic Games, along with Japan’s hosting of the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

Engineering design firm AECOM has been appointed as advisor to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games for the development of venues and infrastructure for the 2020 event.

Japan is poised to be awarded a Super Rugby expansion franchise after agreeing a hosting deal with rival bidder Singapore, according to reports.

The Arup designing, planning and engineering consultancy has been appointed to serve as the lead adviser of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

Badminton will make its Paralympic Games debut at Tokyo 2020, while para-cycling has been provisionally omitted from the sports programme after the International Cycling Union (UCI) failed to meet the bid deadline.

The Japan Sport Council (JSC) has confirmed the construction of a new Olympic Stadium for Tokyo’s hosting of the 2020 summer Games is to be delayed until at least mid-December.