Toshiro Muto

Tokyo Olympics 2020: More tests for athletes, but questions about the Games remain

The Tokyo Olympics open in under three months and there are still more questions than answers despite the rollout on Wednesday of new rule books to explain how the games will take place in the middle of a surging pandemic in Japan

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Full venues at pandemic-hit Games 'very difficult', say organisers

Overseas spectators have already been barred from the Games for the first time, and a ruling on Japan-based fans was expected by the end of this month.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Torch relay barred from public roads across Japan's Osaka

The Olympic flame began its nationwide relay on 25 March in Fukushima and is due to pass through the Osaka region on 13 and 14 April.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Torch relay not just a sideshow in time of COVID-19

Social distancing, mask-wearing and limited crowds that are prohibited from loud cheering will be the order when the relay starts from Fukushima prefecture.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Japanese fans will 'cheer for all athletes' at the Games, pledge organisers

"Japanese people hold fair play and hospitality very dear, and we will root for all athletes equally," Games' sports director Mikako Kotani said.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Overseas fans will be banned from Games to avoid virus risk, say organisers

The unprecedented decision will make the Tokyo Games the first ever held without overseas spectators, as organisers scale back their ambitions for the pandemic event.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Summer Games get IOC-funded Chinese coronavirus jab offer

Around 11,000 athletes are expected at the Tokyo Olympics and 3,000 at the Beijing Games, with 4,000 and around 500 for the respective Summer and Winter Paralympics.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: New games president Seiko Hashimoto tries to assure Japan on safety

Seiko Hashimoto is trying to assure everyone that the Olympics will be safe and secure, a phrase she repeated a dozen times on Friday in her inaugural news conference.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Games moves towards gender equality, appoints 12 women into executive board

The move was announced by CEO Toshiro Muto after an executive board meeting. The names of the new members were expected to be announced on Wednesday.

Tokyo Olympics to proceed as schedule, no 'plan B' in store, says IOC's Thomas Bach

"We have at this moment, no reason whatsoever to believe that the Olympic Games in Tokyo will not open on the 23rd of July," Bach told Kyodo News.