Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto is "100%" certain the Olympics will go ahead, but warned the Games "must be prepared" to proceed without spectators in the event of a coronavirus outbreak.
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Cartoon-themed book launched 50 days before Olympics
WITH 50 days remaining to the start of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics a book called Toon In was launched. The book uses cartoons to take readers on a journey of the Olympic Games.
How the 1964 Olympic Games Changed Tokyo Forever
Officials seized their chance to turn a war-scarred city into a modern metropolis.
Tokyo 2020 Olympic village to be hydrogen-powered, says report
The athletes village for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo will be a futuristic 'hydrogen town' where electricity and hot water are generated from the abundant element.
Tokyo’s efforts to realize a hydrogen society taking the opportunity of Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020
Against the backdrop of increasingly serious impacts of climate change on natural disasters, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) has formulated the “Zero Emission Tokyo Strategy” to shift from fossil fuels to carbon-free energy sources. By positioning hydrogen as an important pillar of next generation energy, the TMG is promoting the active utilization of hydrogen in various fields.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics: An Opening Ceremony for the Hydrogen Economy
Japan is betting big on hydrogen in the lead-up to the 2020 Olympics. Will this be the moment that hydrogen proves itself to be a viable solution to the energy challenges of the 21st century?