Tokyo bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Tokyo 2020 was a successful bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics by the city of Tokyo and the Japanese Olympic Committee. On September 7, 2013 at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Tokyo won their bid to host the games. Tokyo previously hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics. On August 3, 2016 it was reported that the IOC approved the addition of five sports to the program of the 2020 Olympics including the return of baseball and softball. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Summer Olympics ended up being rescheduled from 24 July 2020 to 23 July 2021.
Skyline of Shinjuku, Tokyo. Mount Fuji can be seen in the background
Night view of Tokyo
Sign promoting the bid at Tokyo Big Sight.
The Tokyo Big Sight exhibition center would be used as the International Broadcast Center
The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXII Olympiad and officially branded as Tokyo 2020, were an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July 2021. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 7 September 2013.
Few pedestrians on the Shibuya Crossing during the state of emergency in the middle of Japan's first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, early 2020
The Olympic rings on display at Tokyo Bay to promote the Games
The newly built Japan National Stadium in Tokyo was the venue for the ceremonies and the athletics events.
Police patrolling and watching from a rooftop near the tennis venue
