Japan to subsidize municipalities promoting Tokyo Olympics legacy

People hold flags of Japan and Ukraine during a torch relay event for the Tokyo Olympics in July in Hachioji, Tokyo, located adjacent to the city of Hino which hosted athletes from Ukraine. | KYODO

Municipalities that hosted overseas athletes for training camps before last summer’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will be eligible for new subsidies aimed at promoting people-to-people exchanges with their respective partner countries, sources familiar with the matter said Monday. The Japan Sport Council will set up a subsidy program to cover part of the expenses, such

After Beijing 2022, uncertainty clouds the future of the Olympics

U.S. cross-country skier Caitlin Patterson trains in Zhangjiakou, China, ahead of the Beijing Olympics. The Chinese capital was awarded the Games in a two-horse race with Almaty in Kazakhstan. | DOUG MILLS / THE NEW YORK TIMES

PICTURE GALLERY (CLICK TO ENLARGE). Source link. ” There was suggesting to the Olympics until about 20 or 30 years ago, but the design has actually aged severely,” says Ryu Honma, author of 2021s “The Deadly Sins of the Tokyo Olympics,” in which he argues vested interests and other little-reported concerns brought actual expenses for

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