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.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has expressed caution over the potential lifting of the state of emergency in Japan’s capital city on Sunday (March 7).
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has described Yoshirō Mori’s comments about women as a "major issue" for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Tokyo and three neighbouring prefectures have asked the Japanese Government to declare a state of emergency as coronavirus cases escalate in the Olympic and Paralympic host city.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is to chair a new international coalition of cities committed to advancing gender equality policies through local Government and whose aims have been partly influenced by the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Agenda 2020.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has revealed her hopes of holding the Olympic and Paralympic Games next year with "full spectators present".
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach is set to embark on a trip to Tokyo which will see him meet officials including Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is expected to attend the grand Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Aquatics Centre later this month.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has reaffirmed her commitment to hosting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics by insisting the Games must be held in 2021 "by all means", despite the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has claimed the coronavirus situation is improving in Japan as the country continues preparations for the rescheduled Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are not the first to be impacted by quarantine rules. Philip Barker tells the story of the Melbourne 1956 Games, where the equestrian events were held in Stockholm.
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