Tokyo 2020

A funding plan has today (Tuesday) been agreed for Tokyo’s new National Stadium after months of dispute over the development of the centrepiece for the Japanese capital’s staging of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has rejected a proposal to consider a 23rd sport for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, but has added four new international federations as members.

International Surfing Association (ISA) president Fernando Aguerre has welcomed the news that Tokyo 2020 has recommended to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that surfing take place on natural ocean waves if it is included on the sports programme for the Tokyo 2020 Games, but has maintained the federation is committed to developing wave pool technology.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed that surfing will be staged on the ocean waves at the 2020 Olympics, should it be approved as an additional sport for Tokyo’s 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.

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.

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.

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.

The Japanese government plans to cut construction costs by a third for Tokyo’s new National Stadium under plans set to be discussed tomorrow (Friday), while Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has reiterated its belief that starting the project again from scratch would present an “unnecessary risk”.

Japan’s Olympics Minister Toshiaki Endo has said he cannot guarantee that organisers of Tokyo’s Olympic Games will be able to meet the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) demand that the city’s new National Stadium is delivered by January 2020.

The Japanese government today (Friday) approved guidelines for Tokyo’s new National Stadium for the 2020 Olympic Games, pledging to develop an athlete-friendly venue as cost-effectively as possible ahead of a targeted completion date of March 2020.

Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan, has apologised to the public after admitting that a decision to go back to the drawing board with plans for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium has been costly.

Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori has formally apologised to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the saga surrounding the development of the city’s new National Stadium.

The architect behind the scrapped design for Tokyo’s National Stadium has hit back at criticism of its plans, claiming it warned organisers that an uncompetitive selection of contractors would lead to an increase in construction costs.

Key stakeholders behind Tokyo’s staging of the 2020 summer Olympics today (Friday) pledged to deliver a successful Games as the five-year countdown to the start of the event was celebrated amid a troubling period for organisers.