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Mizuho and SMFG join Tokyo 2020 Gold Partner Programme
Tokyo 2020 has now appointed 12 Gold Partners
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New edition of The Paralympian out now!
How the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics sports were chosen is the main feature of the first edition of 2015.
ASICS is Tokyo 2020’s 10th Gold Partner
The corporation has joined in the category of “Sporting Goods" (Sports Apparel & Sports Equipment).
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Tokyo 2020 announce Culture and Education Commission members
Commission will provide the organising committee with crucial insights and assist it in its preparations to host an inspiring Culture and Education Programme
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Nomura selected as Tokyo 2020 Gold Partner
Company are the seventh partner to be announced this year
Tokyo 2020 Appoints JX Nippon Oil & Energy as a Gold Partner
The company is the sixth Gold Partner to be announced by the Organising Committee this year.
Tokyo 2020 reaffirms commitment to support recovery efforts four years after the Tohoku disaster
Tokyo 2020 Sports Director Koji Murofushi was attending a commemoration ceremony in Ishinomaki
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Agitos Foundation attends “Sport for tomorrow” workshop in Tokyo
The initiative aims to support sports development activities for persons with an impairment around the world ahead of Tokyo 2020.
Tokyo 2020 celebrates 2,000 days until the Paralympics
School children in the Japanese capital marked the landmark by trying out football 5-a-side with international players.
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WTF President discusses future development of para-taekwondo
The sport will make it Paralympic debut at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
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Tokyo 2020 signs up NEC and Fujitsu as Gold Partners
The Organising Committee has now announced five new Gold Partners in less than one month.
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Canon announced as Tokyo 2020’s latest Gold Partner
The company joins as official “Still Cameras and Desktop Reprographic Hardware” provider for the Games.
IPC and American College of Sports Medicine sign Partnership Agreement
Partners since 2006, the two organisations have agreed to work together identifying a number of collaborative areas through to after the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
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IPC announces final Tokyo 2020 Paralympic sports programme
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will feature 22 sports, with badminton and taekwondo included for the first time.
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“Para-badminton is its own best advertisement,” says BWF President Poul-Erik Høyer
BWF President gives his reaction to para-badminton’s inclusion in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games ahead of Saturday's meeting to decide the final sports.
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Tokyo 2020 appoints Asahi Breweries as a Gold Partner
The Brewery becomes Tokyo 2020’s second Gold Partner in two days and is attributed the “Beer & Wine” category
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IPC to finalise Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games sports programme
The IPC Governing Board will meet this week to decide which of the eight remaining para-sports should be included in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
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Tokyo 2020 appoints NTT as the First Gold Partner of the 2020 Games
The official Telecommunications Services partner agrees deal just one year after the formation of the organising committee.
IPC “extremely encouraged” by Tokyo 2020 progress so far
IPC and Tokyo 2020 held its first Project Review between 15-16 December, reviewing a number of areas.
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No. 16 Tokyo 2020 success
After winning the Games in September 2013, Tokyo 2020 has progressed at great speed and with great enthusiam.