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JOC Wants all National Sports Teams to be Called ‘Team Japan’
The Japanese Olympic Committee will launch the “Team Japan” initiative this year to strengthen the s...
January 19, 2021
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Govt Plans to Require Foreign Spectators for the Games to Use Smartphone Health App
Takuya Hirai, minister for digital transformation, said on Sunday that the government plans to requi...
December 28, 2020
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Tokyo Games’ Organizer, Sponsors Agree to Contract Extension
The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games announced Thursday that it had re...
December 25, 2020
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Tokyo Games’ Opening and Closing Ceremonies to Be radically Simplified
The team of directors for the opening and closing ceremonies of the postponed Tokyo Olympic and Para...
December 23, 2020
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Japan to Assist Towns Hosting Foreign Olympic Athletes Take Virus Measures
The government will pay all costs for measures to combat the novel coronavirus for municipalities th...
December 14, 2020
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