Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Tsunekazu Takeda is facing pressure to step aside from the role over allegations of corruption, it is claimed.

Tokyo 2020 have increased the budget for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Officials from North and South Korea have presented their idea of hosting a joint Olympic Games in 2032 to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Japan's Olympics Minister Yoshitaka Sakurada has been forced to apologise for making comments he admitted "lacked consideration" after he suggested that the leukaemia diagnosis of the country's star swimmer Rikako Ikee could dampen her team-mates' excitement for Tokyo 2020.

Organisers of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo have claimed construction at all venues due to be used is on track and will be finished in time for test events later this year.

The manager of South Korea's Olympic gold medal-winning baseball team at Beijing 2008 has been re-appointed to the role prior to this year's World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier12 event and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee, who won six gold medals at last year's Asian Games and is seen as the poster girl for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, has revealed that she has been diagnosed with leukaemia.

Airline SAS has announced it has signed a unique cross-border partnership with three Scandinavian National Olympic Committees (NOCs) as a principal partner in the run-up to and during next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo. 

Japanese non-profit The Nippon Foundation has become an official contributor of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, organisers announced today to coincide with the start of the orientation sessions. 

UK Sport has announced backing for seven sports in the second round of investments made by its Aspiration Fund.

Tokyo 2020 today announced that the nationwide collection of discarded and obsolete electronic devices aimed at supplying recycled precious metals for the manufacture of athletes' medals is expected to reach its goals and will end on March 31. 

Young athletes from areas hit by the earthquake and tsunami which devastated parts of Japan in 2011 are to be invited to next year's Olympic Games, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government have announced.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) have confirmed there will be additional gold medal events held in morning sessions of athletics at next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo. 

Toll surcharges for Tokyo's Metropolitan Expressway may be raised in an attempt to curb traffic volume during the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in the Japanese capital, it has been reported.