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Int'l Olympic Committee Sources Say Tokyo In Lead For 2020 Olympics Host City Race06 / 18 / 13Several notable IOC members said that members of the IOC, "who will vote in less than three months to decide the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics," are increasingly leaning toward Tokyo as the favorite, according to KYODO. Tokyo's emphasis on safety and security appears to be influencing... |
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Nippon Officials Admit To Juicing Ball
After months of denial and an inexplicably huge surge in home runs, "Japan's baseball chiefs have admitted they secretly switched the design of the ball to make the game more exciting," according to the AFP. Players and fans had repeatedly quizzed Nippon Professional Baseball bosses after seeing a ...
J League To Televise Games In Vietnam
Japan Professional Football League announced that its games will be televised on VTVcab (Vietnam Television Cable Corporation), Vietnam’s nationally owned network, starting in July. Two J League Division 1 matches (one live and one recorded) will be televised every week on Bondga and Thet ...
Flawed Strategy Jeopardizing Tokyo '20
With just over three months until the IOC votes on the 2020 Olympic host city, the bid "seems adrift and still lacking a cogent message about why Tokyo should host the biggest global sporting event," according to Jack Gallagher of the JAPAN TIMES. Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose’s recent "unfortunate c ...
J. League Wants Two-Stage System
The Japanese football calendar could be due for a huge shakeup in '14, "with the Emperor's Cup final being moved to December and the J. League possibly going back to the two-stage system it abandoned nine years ago," according to KYODO. The Japan FA decided on Monday to organize next seas ...
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Olympic Notes
Japan Wrestling Federation President Tomiaki Fukuda said Monday that wrestling "has done everything it can to try to stay on the Olympic program" beyond '16. Fukuda said, "As FILA, we've exhausted all our options. We'll just have to see how the IOC feels about it" ( KYODO, 5/20 ). ... A new "Mario ...
Tokyo Governor Apologizes For Remarks
Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose, who heads the city's bid for the 2020 Olympics, "apologized on Tuesday for 'inappropriate' comments he made about rival candidate Istanbul and Islamic countries," according to Antoni Slodkowski of REUTERS. The remarks, made in a recent N.Y. Times interview , prompted the ...
Fast Retailing To Unify Wages
As part of its efforts to recruit skilled workers and expand its global business by offering higher wages, the operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain "will unify its payment system for its employees and executives worldwide," according to KYODO. Employees of Fast Retailing Co. around the world in th ...
Tokyo 2020 CEO Vows 'Safe' Games
Tokyo 2020 CEO Masato Mizuno vowed Tuesday to ensure safety if the city wins the 2020 Summer Games, "as the sporting world reeled from twin blasts at the Boston Marathon," according to the AFP. Mizuno: "First of all, Tokyo is one of the safest cities in the world. We'll do our best to prevent ...
Fast Retailing Benefits From Weak Yen
Fast Retailing Co. "has raised its forecast for annual profit as the seller of Uniqlo-branded apparel benefits from a weakening yen," according to BLOOMBERG. The Yamaguchi-based company, Asia's largest clothing retailer, said Thursday net income will probably be ¥91.5B ($94M) for the year endin ...
Football Notes
FIFA Chief Investigator Michael Garcia has been declared persona non grata and put on a "black list" by the Russian government. He is one of 18 U.S. citizens on the list who will be denied any entry to Russia ( INSIDE WORLD FOOTBALL, 4/14 ). ... The Kazakhstan football federation "has poured cold ...
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