Tag Archives: Yoshiro Mori

Tokyo, Japan | THE INDEPENDENT |     The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee announced here on Wednesday that Hiroshi Sasaki has replaced actor Nomura Mansai to become the chief executive creative director of next year’s opening and closing ceremonies. Sasaki, director of the flag handover ceremony at the 2016 Rio Olympics, …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |    Japan’s Olympic minister Seiko Hashimoto said on Tuesday that the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games should be held “at any cost,” trying to clear all doubts amid the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic and worries of policy change from a new government. “All the people …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   The Tokyo Olympic flame, which had been kept in a secret place since the Games was postponed, has been put on display at the Japan Olympic Museum on Monday. A simple ceremony was held by Tokyo 2020 organizers and the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) to …