Tokyo has been selected to hold the 2025 Deaflympics, four years after hosting the largest Para sport event in the world, the Paralympic Games.

To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Governor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Yuriko Koike joined Olympians, Paralympians and volunteers for a ceremony at the National Stadium.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is to meet with World Athletics officials tomorrow as the Japanese capital's bid to host the 2025 World Athletics Championships steps up a gear.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has been announced as the keynote speaker for the upcoming Inclusion Summit.

Yuriko Koike, Governor of Tokyo, says the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics have provided "great courage and inspiration" to people in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. 

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons admits Tokyo faces "challenges but also have opportunities" to deliver a "great legacy" when meeting the capital’s Governor Yuriko Koike prior to the Paralympics here.

The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Mural was unveiled during a ceremony at the Athletes’ Village here, at which organisers of the Games pledged to help promote a society where there is no discrimination against people with impairments.

The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee has announced the Tokyo 2020 Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Actions initiative to strive "towards a society where everyone is free to live as who they are".

Five Olympic and Paralympic host cities have vowed to "immediately address the climate emergency" in a bid to ensure a sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Only fully-vaccinated International Olympic Committee (IOC) members will be able to present medals to athletes at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as part of COVID-19 countermeasures in place at the event.

The Olympic Torch has begun its journey around Tokyo prefecture on a rainy morning after an unveiling ceremony as a small group of protesters held banners calling for the Games to be cancelled.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has been discharged from hospital after treatment for severe fatigue, it has been announced.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is taking a break from official duties this week and resting due to fatigue, it has been confirmed.

A small demonstration against Tokyo hosting the rearranged Olympic Games in the middle of the global COVID-19 pandemic has been held in the Japanese capital a day before International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president John Coates is due to arrive there.

The Governor of Tokyo, Yuriko Koike and World Athletics President Sebastian Coe met to discuss COVID-19 countermeasures ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, following a marathon test event for the Games in Sapporo.