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Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee Announces Mitsubishi Electric As Official Partner

Mitsubishi Electric Company is now a Tokyo 2020 official partner, the second domestic tier of the Tokyo 2020 sponsorship program. Mitsubishi Electric has been attributed the category "Elevators, Escalators & Moving Walkways." Its addition brings the total number of Tokyo 2020 partners to 28, including 13 official partners. By providing elevators, escalators and moving walkways Mitsubishi Electric is making a significant contribution to the realization of a barrier-free society and to promoting para-sports (Tokyo 2020). The AP reported the sponsorship "gives Mitsubishi Electric the right to use Olympic logos, mascots and slogans in marketing campaigns." Mitsubishi Electric, part of the broader Mitsubishi corporation, "will celebrate its centenary" in '21 (AP, 2/29). 

FIELD TRIP: L’ÉQUIPE reported Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Monday visited the “future sites of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.” She said, “We came to learn. What inspires me is the model in which the Tokyo Games were built: a simple model.” Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe showed Hidalgo around to various locations including the Olympic Village and several venues. Masuzoe also “expressed his support of Paris’ candidature for the 2024 Olympics” (L’ÉQUIPE, 2/29)

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