A Tokyo court sentences a former operations executive on the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee to two years in prison, suspended for four years, for playing a central role in rigging bids related to the 2021 Summer Games.
The International Olympic Committee names Salt Lake City as its preferred host for the 2034 Winter Olympics, extinguishing Sapporo's hopes of hosting the games.
Sapporo is set to abandon its bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics at the request of the Japanese Olympic Committee, and will instead aim to stage the games in 2034 or later, sources close to the matter say..
Japanese advertising giant Dentsu Group Inc., a former Olympic organizing committee executive and others face criminal complaints over alleged bid rigging in connection with the 2021 Tokyo Games.
Japanese advertising giant Dentsu Group Inc., a former Olympic organizing committee executive and others face criminal complaints over alleged bid rigging in connection with the 2021 Tokyo Games.