Tokyo, 4 April 2008 – Ahead of the ANOC General Assembly in Beijing, TOKYO 2016, Japan’s Bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games, today took a big step forward by gaining the strong support of the national sport federations and leveraging an opportunity to strengthen further TOKYO 2016’s plan.
The conference held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government gathered officials from Olympic and Paralympic sport federations together with Governor of Tokyo and TOKYO 2016 President, Shintaro Ishihara, JOC Sports Committee Chairman, Tomiaki Fukuda, and TOKYO 2016 Chairman and CEO, Dr Ichiro Kono. They were able to discuss in detail the bid …read more

Tokyo, 22 February 2009 – The institution behind one of Japan’s most revered ancient artforms publicly backed Tokyo’s Bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2016, which promises to herald a new sporting, social, economic and environmental golden era for the benefit of Tokyo, Japan and the whole Olympic Movement.
The Chairman of the Iida Mizuhiki Association, Toshio Sasaki, and the Mayor of the city of Iida, Mitsuo Makino, met with the Governor of Tokyo and President of TOKYO 2016, Shintaro Ishihara, and the Chairman and CEO of TOKYO 2016, Dr Ichiro Kono, to offer their support to the …read more