Japanese Olympic Committee

International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach on Saturday asserted that the Tokyo Olympics will go on as scheduled despite opposition from the majority of Japanese population amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic.

International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach said as many as 75 percent of the residents of the Olympic village are already vaccinated or have secured vaccination in time before the Olympic Games.

As Japanese and International Olympic Committee officials insist the Tokyo Games will go ahead, there are some major questions surrounding cancellation.

Japan's prime minister and the head of the International Olympic Committee agreed to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Games by a year Tuesday in an extraordinary move, unprecedented in peacetime, as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic.

French prosecutors said in May that they were investigating the 2.8 million Singapore dollar payment to a Singapore-based consultancy. Shortly after, the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) set up an investigative panel to look into the payment, which has been linked to a son of disgraced ex-world athletics chief Lamine Diack

Naoya Tomita, who was expelled and fined one million won ($950) for taking the camera at a competition pool, was quoted by Japanese media as saying "I didn't do it" when he left South Korea this week.

The Japanese Olympic Committee acted after fans unveiled a large banner showing Ahn Jung-Geun when South Korea beat rivals Japan 1-0 in the football quarter-finals on Sunday. Ahn is considered a hero for killing Hirobumi Ito, Japan's first Prime Minister.

Naoya Tomita, 25, was questioned by police over the incident and has apologised, the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) said, calling it a "very serious violation" of its code of conduct.

The organising committee of the Asian Games in Incheon sent a protest letter to the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) over the distribution of badges which appear to show Japan's wartime rising sun flag.

Japanese capital secured their second Olympic Games -- having previously had them in 1964 -- by beating Istanbul by 60 votes to 36 at a meeting of International Olympic Committee members in Buenos Aires.

International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach on Saturday asserted that the Tokyo Olympics will go on as scheduled despite opposition from the majority of Japanese population amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic.

International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach said as many as 75 percent of the residents of the Olympic village are already vaccinated or have secured vaccination in time before the Olympic Games.

As Japanese and International Olympic Committee officials insist the Tokyo Games will go ahead, there are some major questions surrounding cancellation.

Japan's prime minister and the head of the International Olympic Committee agreed to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Games by a year Tuesday in an extraordinary move, unprecedented in peacetime, as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic.

French prosecutors said in May that they were investigating the 2.8 million Singapore dollar payment to a Singapore-based consultancy. Shortly after, the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) set up an investigative panel to look into the payment, which has been linked to a son of disgraced ex-world athletics chief Lamine Diack

Naoya Tomita, who was expelled and fined one million won ($950) for taking the camera at a competition pool, was quoted by Japanese media as saying "I didn't do it" when he left South Korea this week.

The Japanese Olympic Committee acted after fans unveiled a large banner showing Ahn Jung-Geun when South Korea beat rivals Japan 1-0 in the football quarter-finals on Sunday. Ahn is considered a hero for killing Hirobumi Ito, Japan's first Prime Minister.

Naoya Tomita, 25, was questioned by police over the incident and has apologised, the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) said, calling it a "very serious violation" of its code of conduct.

The organising committee of the Asian Games in Incheon sent a protest letter to the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) over the distribution of badges which appear to show Japan's wartime rising sun flag.

Japanese capital secured their second Olympic Games -- having previously had them in 1964 -- by beating Istanbul by 60 votes to 36 at a meeting of International Olympic Committee members in Buenos Aires.