Kyodo -- Jun 16
Tokyo promised a safe and superb 2020 Olympics as it made its bid presentation to over 800 National Olympic Committee representatives during the Association of National Olympic Committees General Assembly in Lausanne, Switzerland on Saturday.
Tokyo confirmed a wide range of guarantees, including "hosting an incredible city-center celebration with the Games in the very heart of the one of the world's most safe and secure cities."
Tokyo is vying with Madrid and Istanbul for 2020, with the International Olympic Committee to select the host city on Sept. 7 in Buenos Aires.
All three bid teams in May made presentations to the SportAccord conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, with each claiming to be the safest and most financially secure.
2020年夏のオリンピック・パラリンピックの招致活動のため、スイスを訪れている体操の田中理恵選手(25)らが、各国のオリンピック委員会が集まる臨時総会で、東京の魅力をアピールした。
May 01
Not quite two years after its formation, the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi organized crime group is expected to dissolve with departing members forming a new gang, a move that has police on high alert, reports NHK (tokyoreporter.com) May 01
Japan's Self-Defense Forces are to carry out a new duty of escorting US and other foreign vessels that are operating to defend Japan. (NHK) May 01
Police in Osaka said Sunday they have arrested a 35-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 71-year-old neighbor at their apartment complex. (Japan Today) May 01
East Japan Railway Co's new luxury sleeper train, the Train Suite Shiki-shima, providing a cruise experience with a modern Japanese taste, makes its debut Monday. (Japan Today) Apr 30
A male worker died after he was buried alive while working alone inside a sand storage tank at a concrete factory in Kitakami City on Saturday, police said. (tokyoreporter.com) Apr 30
Participants in a large-scale May Day rally in Tokyo on Saturday called for eliminating long working hours and correcting unreasonable pay gaps. (Jiji) Apr 29
Tokyo Metro Co. briefly suspended all subway services on Saturday morning following news reports on a ballistic missile launch by North Korea. (Jiji) Apr 29
The US military says the latest ballistic missile launched by North Korea did not leave the nation's territory. (NHK) Apr 29
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his British counterpart, Theresa May, agreed at a meeting in London on Friday that their countries will work together to promote free trade at a time when protectionist moves are growing in the world. (Jiji) Apr 29
Japanese Coast Guard officials monitoring resurgent volcanic activity on Nishinoshima Island in the Pacific say lava has reached the shore. (NHK)