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Tokyo 2020 sets date to announce proposed added Olympic sports Tokyo 2020 organizers said added sports will promote “the Olympic Movement and its values,… Tokyo organizers set up committee for Olympic logo selection TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Olympic organizers set up a committee on Wednesday to initiate the… Tokyo 2020 Pulls Olympic Logo, Stung By Plagiarism Charges In the latest high-profile change for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, organizers withdrew… Tokyo 2020 Olympic logo scrapped amid plagiarism controversy This isn’t the first controversy to hit the Tokyo Olympics. In July, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe… Tokyo Olympic Committee Scraps Logo TOKYO—Organizers of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo said Tuesday they would scrap the official logo for the Games,… Nomura Holdings, Inc. becomes Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Gold Partner (SFC) The Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee has officially added Nomura Holdings, Inc. (Nomura) to… Tokyo to rejigger three Olympic venues in cost-cutting drive RIO DE JANEIRO – The venues for three Olympic events will be changed for the… Tokyo’s Old Olympic Stadium: Going, Going, Gone Work to demolish Tokyo’s Olympic stadium continued Thursday with heavy machinery ripping down stands where spectators once… Tokyo 2020 Olympic construction begins in October Demolition of Tokyo’s old National Stadium will be completed by September and construction of the new main… New Olympic sports: Squash, snooker seeking inclusion at Tokyo The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association and the World Confederation of Billiards submitted a… Tokyo split over Zaha Hadid’s ‘gigantic white elephant’ Olympic stadium In a little over five years, Tokyo will host the world’s greatest athletes for… Snooker pushes for place at 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo After the International Olympic Committee introduced rules that will allow host cities to be… Tokyo 2020 Olympic Village to be hydrogen-powered: Report The athletes village for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo will be a futuristic “hydrogen town” where… Tokyo to power 2020 Olympic Village by hydrogen The athletes village for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo will be a futuristic “hydrogen town” where… Olympic Stadium in Tokyo Is Dogged by Controversy “Why do we need this white elephant?” said Fumihiko Maki, also a Pritzker winner. “Tokyo is…