Tokyo 'unwavering' on Olympics but fans not guaranteed: CEOIn an interview ahead of the Games' six-month countdown, Muto conceded people are "anxious" as virus cases soar worldwide, including in Jap...
20 Jan, 2021, 10.47 AM IST
Tokyo Olympics organisers say cancellation report 'fake news'Tokyo Olympics organisers played down a poll showing plunging support for the Games on Tuesday and said a report claiming cancellation coul...
12 Jan, 2021, 11.36 AM IST
Tokyo Olympics may allow foreign fans; there will be rulesTokyo organizing committee CEO Toshiro Muto, after a meeting Thursday about infection countermeasures, confirmed for the first time that a ...
12 Nov, 2020, 12.07 PM IST
Tokyo Olympic CEO hints games could be in doubt even in 2021"I don't think anyone would be able to say if it is going to be possible to get it under control by next July or not," Tokyo organizing com...
10 Apr, 2020, 04.41 PM IST
Tokyo Olympics rescheduled for July 23-Aug 8 in 2021Last week, the IOC and Japanese organizers postponed the Olympics until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. This year's games were sc...
30 Mar, 2020, 05.45 PM IST
What could an Olympics postponement cost Japan?Toshiro Muto, CEO of Tokyo 2020, asked about how much delaying the games will cost Japan, said: "The basic policy of postponement was decid...
24 Mar, 2020, 08.34 PM IST
Olympic torch relay: No torch, no torchbearers, no publicThere will be an Olympic flame — that arrived on March 12 from Greece — carried in a lantern and transported by a vehicle along what organi...
24 Mar, 2020, 12.35 PM IST
Coronavirus threat looms over 2020 Olympics“For the time being, the situation of the Coronavirus infection is, admittedly, difficult to predict, but we will take measures such that w...
26 Feb, 2020, 11.45 PM IST
- Olympic-Golf venue for 2020 Games to vote on female bar
OLYMPICS-TOKYO/GOLF:Olympic-Golf venue for 2020 Games to vote on female bar
03 Feb, 2017, 11.47 AM IST
- Japan's economy is slowing sharply: Senior central banker
Japan's interim central bank chief vowed Friday not to let the absence of a governor hamper the country's economic and financial activities...
21 Mar, 2008, 05.54 PM IST
- Govt to nominate Tanami as next Bank of Japan governor
The government has chosen another nominee for the next Bank of Japan governor in an effort to end the deadlock over the selection after the...
18 Mar, 2008, 12.39 PM IST
- 'No plan to backtrack on BoJ chief nominee’
Japanese prime minister Yasuo Fukuda said on Monday the government has no plan to change its candidate for the next head of the central ban...
11 Mar, 2008, 01.42 AM IST
- Japan on course for clash over next BoJ chief
Japan's main opposition party Sunday signalled its disagreement with the government's choice of nominee to head the central bank, raising f...
09 Mar, 2008, 12.55 PM IST
- Bank of Japan keeps key interest rate unchanged
The Bank of Japan kept its key interest rate unchanged at the end of a two-day policy board meeting Friday in a unanimous decision that had...
07 Mar, 2008, 10.30 AM IST
- Asia not 'immune' to US slowdown: ADB
Asian Development Bank chief Haruhiko Kuroda warned Friday that the continent was not immune to a US economic slowdown, despite its resilie...
09 Feb, 2008, 09.13 AM IST
- Drop in housing investments hits Japan economy
The pace of Japan’s economic growth is slowing due to a big drop in housing investment and the slowdown is likely to persist for some time.
11 Jan, 2008, 01.37 AM IST
- Japan's economy slowing on drop in housing investment, central bank official says
The pace of Japan's economic growth is slowing due to a big drop in housing investment and the slowdown is likely to persist for some time,...
10 Jan, 2008, 11.45 AM IST