#2020tokyoolympics — Public Fediverse posts

More than four years after the Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympics in 2021, efforts are underway to rescue the new Japan National Stadium from the potential fate of becoming a white elephant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/21/japan/japan-new-national-stadium-use/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japannationalstadium #2020tokyoolympics

The former chairman of publishing giant Kadokawa has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison for bribes linked to sponsorship contracts for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/22/japan/crime-legal/kadokawa-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #2020tokyoolympics #corruption #businessethics #kadokawa #japanesecourts #haruyukitakahashi

Upholding lower court rulings, Japan's Supreme Court has ordered advertising giant Dentsu Group to pay a fine of ¥300 million over bid-rigging related to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in 2021. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/japan/crime-legal/dentsu-court-fine-bid-rigging/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #dentsu #2020tokyoolympics

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has bought Japan National Stadium naming rights for five years, with the financial services company seeing opportunity in the investment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/15/more-sports/mufg-national-stadium/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #nationalstadium #tokyo #2020tokyoolympics #mufg #banks #sponsorship #advertising

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is in talks to acquire naming rights for Japan's National Stadium, the main venue for the Tokyo Summer Games held in 2021, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/08/more-sports/mufj-financial-national-stadium-naming/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #nationalstadium #mitsubishiufjfinancialgroup #tokyo #2020tokyoolympics

After the COVID-hit Olympics, the fan experience at the World Athletics Championships was arguably more important than any other event. So how did Tokyo’s National Stadium fare with its big do-over? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/09/21/more-sports/world-athletics-fan-experience/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #worldathleticschampionships #tokyo #nationalstadium #2020tokyoolympics

For many athletes competing at the world championships in Tokyo this week who also competed at the COVID-hit Summer Games, the experience has been like night and day. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/09/18/more-sports/tokyo-world-athletics-covid-memories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #worldathleticschampionships #covid19 #covid19injapan #2020tokyoolympics

For many athletes competing at the world championships in Tokyo this week who also competed at the COVID-hit Summer Games, the experience has been like night and day. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/09/18/more-sports/tokyo-world-athletics-covid-memories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #worldathleticschampionships #covid19 #covid19injapan #2020tokyoolympics

For many athletes competing at the world championships in Tokyo this week who also competed at the COVID-hit Summer Games, the experience has been like night and day. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/09/18/more-sports/tokyo-world-athletics-covid-memories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #worldathleticschampionships #covid19 #covid19injapan #2020tokyoolympics

For many athletes competing at the world championships in Tokyo this week who also competed at the COVID-hit Summer Games, the experience has been like night and day. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/09/18/more-sports/tokyo-world-athletics-covid-memories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #worldathleticschampionships #covid19 #covid19injapan #2020tokyoolympics

Years after hosting the Olympics behind closed doors, Tokyo's National Stadium will be in the spotlight as much as the star athletes during the World Athletics Championships, which begin this week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/09/11/more-sports/national-stadium-world-championships/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #worldathleticschampionships #2020tokyoolympics #sebastiancoe #kengokuma #zahahadid

Years after hosting the Olympics behind closed doors, Tokyo's National Stadium will be in the spotlight as much as the star athletes during the World Athletics Championships, which begin this week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/09/11/more-sports/national-stadium-world-championships/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #worldathleticschampionships #2020tokyoolympics #sebastiancoe #kengokuma #zahahadid

Years after hosting the Olympics behind closed doors, Tokyo's National Stadium will be in the spotlight as much as the star athletes during the World Athletics Championships, which begin this week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/09/11/more-sports/national-stadium-world-championships/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #worldathleticschampionships #2020tokyoolympics #sebastiancoe #kengokuma #zahahadid

Years after hosting the Olympics behind closed doors, Tokyo's National Stadium will be in the spotlight as much as the star athletes during the World Athletics Championships, which begin this week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/09/11/more-sports/national-stadium-world-championships/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #worldathleticschampionships #2020tokyoolympics #sebastiancoe #kengokuma #zahahadid

The Tokyo High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling ordering advertising giant Dentsu Group to pay ¥300 million in fines over bid-rigging related to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in 2021. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/japan/crime-legal/dentsu-bid-rigging-uphold/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #dentsu #2020tokyoolympics #advertising #corruption #japanesecourts #2020tokyoparalympics

The Fair Trade Commission slapped fines totaling ¥3.3 billion on advertising giant Dentsu Group and six other ad agencies and event organizers for bid-rigging over the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/23/ftc-fines-dentsu-group-others/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #ftc #dentsu #2020tokyoolympics

Thomas Bach's eventful 12-year tenure as president of the International Olympic Committee comes to an end on Monday. His top challenges included Russia's doping program and the pandemic-hit Tokyo Games. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/06/22/thomas-bach-challenges/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #thomasbach #ioc #2020tokyoolympics #russia

The Tokyo High Court rejected an appeal Hakuhodo filed against a lower court ruling that ordered the company to pay a fine of ¥200 million for its involvement in Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics bid-rigging case. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/09/japan/crime-legal/hakuhodo-bid-rigging-case-appeal-dismissed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #hakuhodo #advertising #2020tokyoolympics

The Tokyo District Court on Friday ordered major ad firm Tokyu Agency to pay a fine of ¥200 million for bid-rigging over the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/21/companies/tokyo-games-bid-rigging/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #2020tokyoolympics #tokyo #tokyuagency #japanesecourts

Full crowds in Tokyo for this year's World Athletics Championships can make up for fans being locked out of the city's pandemic-postponed Olympics in 2021, the event's CEO has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/02/07/world-athletics-party/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #worldathleticschampionships #2020tokyoolympics

Tokyo District Court on Thursday ordered advertising giant Dentsu Group to pay ¥300 million in fines as sought by prosecutors over bid-rigging related to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in 2021. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/30/japan/crime-legal/dentsu-fine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #dentsu #2020tokyoolympics #advertising #corruption #japanesecourts

China and WADA say that positive tests for a banned drug among elite Chinese swimmers were a result of unwitting contamination. But the science behind that assertion is not so clear. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/12/25/china-doping-explanation-questions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #china #2020tokyoolympics #doping #wada

The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday ordered major event company Cerespo to pay a fine of ¥280 million for violating antimonopoly law by rigging bids linked to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in 2021. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/19/japan/crime-legal/cerespo-bid-rigging-fine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #cerespo #japanesecourts #2020tokyoolympics #corporategovernance #corruption

Japan's Olympic medalist race walker Koki Ikeda said Saturday he was "completely bewildered" and pleaded his innocence after being provisionally suspended for alleged doping. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/11/03/koki-ikeda-doping-suspension/ #olympics #2020tokyoolympics #doping #kokiikeda

Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, former chairman of Japanese publisher Kadokawa, has pleaded not guilty over allegations he bribed a former executive of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/08/japan/crime-legal/japan-olympic-bribery-case/ #japan #crimelegal #corruption #businessethics #kadokawa #2020tokyoolympics #sponsorship #japanesecourts

Public prosecutors on Wednesday demanded that advertising agency Dentsu Group be fined ¥300 million for violating the antimonopoly law by rigging bids related to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in 2021. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/19/japan/crime-legal/dentsu-bid-rigging-tokyo-games/ #japan #crimelegal #dentsu #2020tokyoolympics

The fight between the United States and the world’s anti-doping regulator over the handling of positive tests by elite Chinese swimmers has escalated in recent weeks and drawn in a powerful new player: the White House. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/09/11/wada-china-us-fight/ #olympics #china #us #wada #doping #2024parisolympics #2020tokyoolympics

About 30.6 million people tuned in daily to Comcast's U.S. media for the Paris Olympics, an 82% jump from the Tokyo Games. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/08/13/paris-olympics-viewers-tokyo/ #olympics #2024parisolympics #france #paris #2020tokyoolympics #olympics

After a Summer Games in Tokyo and a Winter Games in Beijing that were staged in joyless silence and near isolation in empty venues due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Olympics have arrived in Paris in their full, resplendent glory. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/07/25/paris-olympics-preview/ #olympics #2024parisolympics #2020tokyoolympics #emmanuelmacron #france #paris

As Paris gets ready to host the Olympics, a reflection on the previous Games, held in Tokyo three years ago, prompts doubts about predictions of a COVID-induced disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/07/22/japan/tokyo-2020-covid-olympics-defense/ #commentary #japan #olympics #sports #2020tokyoolympics #2024parisolympics #2030winterolympics #covid19 #covid19injapan

Toru Onzuka believes Akatsuki Japan can “surprise the world” at the 2024 Paris Olympics. It wouldn't be the first time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/07/22/japan-women-basketball-surprise/ #olympics #akatsukijapan #2024parisolympics #2020tokyoolympics #toruonzuka #asamiyoshida #makitakada

The United States is at risk of losing both the 2028 Summer and 2034 Winter Olympics if American law enforcement overreaches in its investigation of Chinese swimmers, said World Anti-Doping Agency chief Dick Pound. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/07/17/dick-pound-us-doping-probe/ #olympics #ioc #wada #doping #china #us #dickpound #2028losangelesolympics #2024parisolympics #2020tokyoolympics

Ibaraki Prefecture resident Mai Tarumi is paying to be unpaid this summer: She’s volunteering at the Paris Olympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/07/14/paris-olympic-volunteer/ #olympics #2024parisolympics #2020tokyoolympics #volunteers #torchrelay #ioc

The Tokyo District Court has ordered major advertising agency Hakuhodo to pay ¥200 million in fines for violating the antimonopoly law by rigging bids linked to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/11/japan/crime-legal/tokyo-olympics-hakuhodo-bid-rigging-ruling/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #hakuhodo #advertising #2020tokyoolympics

The single best way of reducing the carbon emissions of an Olympics? Limiting ticket sales to locals. Evidence from the Tokyo Games shows how far-reaching the impact is. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/07/10/world/olympics-carbon-climate-overseas-spectators/ #commentary #worldnews #2024parisolympics #paris #france #sports #carbon #emissions #climatechange #2020tokyoolympics

On a gloriously sunny Tuesday night training session at the Eindhoven athletics club, young hopefuls are put through their paces, dreaming of emulating their most famous member — double Olympic champion Sifan Hassan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/07/07/sifan-hassan-refugee-olympic-champ/ #olympics #netherlands #2024parisolympics #2020tokyoolympics #sifanhassan

Having missed the men's gymnastics team title by a hair at Tokyo 2020, Japan is determined to beat its biggest rival China to take gold in Paris. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/06/27/japan-gymnasts-china-goal/ #olympics #china #russia #2024parisolympics #2020tokyoolympics #daikihashimoto

The Japan Sport Council said it has selected a consortium headed by mobile phone carrier NTT Docomo as the preferred bidder for the proposed private sector-led operation of the National Stadium. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/03/japan/docomo-national-stadium-operation/ #japan #nttdocomo #nationalstadium #2020tokyoolympics

Two months before the Paris Olympics, the global agency tasked with policing doping in sports is facing a growing crisis as it fends off allegations it helped cover up the positive tests of elite Chinese swimmers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/05/16/wada-trust-issues-olympics/ #olympics #worldantidopingagency #lilyking #china #2020tokyoolympics #2024parisolympics

The World Anti-Doping Agency asked an independent prosecutor to review its handling of the case where 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a prescription heart drug. The United States Anti-Doping Agency called the announcement "self-serving." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/04/26/more-sports/wada-china-ruling-review/ #moresports #worldantidopingagency #2020tokyoolympics #2024parisolympics #doping #china #swimming

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has called for an overhaul of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and an independent investigation into Chinese swimmers testing positive before the Tokyo Olympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/04/24/usada-urges-wada-overhaul/ #olympics #usantidopingagency #2020tokyoolympics #2024parisolympics #wada #drugs #china #doping

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has called for an overhaul of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and an independent investigation into Chinese swimmers testing positive before the Tokyo Olympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/04/24/usada-urges-wada-overhaul/ #olympics #usantidopingagency #2020tokyoolympics #2024parisolympics #wada #drugs #china #doping

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has called for an overhaul of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and an independent investigation into Chinese swimmers testing positive before the Tokyo Olympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/04/24/usada-urges-wada-overhaul/ #olympics #usantidopingagency #2020tokyoolympics #2024parisolympics #wada #drugs #china #doping

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has called for an overhaul of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and an independent investigation into Chinese swimmers testing positive before the Tokyo Olympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/04/24/usada-urges-wada-overhaul/ #olympics #usantidopingagency #2020tokyoolympics #2024parisolympics #wada #drugs #china #doping

A former executive with the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games pleaded not guilty Thursday in a high-profile bribery case that has rocked the sports and marketing industries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/14/japan/crime-legal/olympics-bribery-1st-hearing/?utm_content=bufferb28b9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #crimelegal #corruption #2020tokyoolympics #sponsorship #japanesecourts #haruyukitakahashi

Nyjah Huston's fellow skaters say he's due for a blockbuster performance at the 2024 Summer Olympics after placing a disappointing seventh two years ago in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/08/01/more-sports/huston-skateboarding-paris-games/?utm_content=bufferc499d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #moresports #2024parisolympics #nyjahhuston #skateboarding #shaunwhite #2020tokyoolympics

Two former executives of toy maker Sun Arrow were convicted of bribing a member of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/06/national/crime-legal/toy-maker-execs-tokyo-olympic-bribery-case/?utm_content=buffera2784&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #japan #2020tokyoolympics #japanesecourts #haruyukitakahashi #sunarrow