Japan's capital needs to decide on a new blueprint for the showpiece venue of its Games after initial plans were scrapped due to spiraling costs. Both designs, released by the Japan Sports Council, ...

Abe praised the efforts of those involved in the project for the 60,000 stadium, which hit early difficulties after he scrapped initial plans in 2015 because of spiralling costs. It meant construction ...

Some Olympic venues are abandoned after the Games, but the main stadiums often get a second life as general sports arenas or concert venues.

TOKYO — Japan's National Stadium was fan-less four years ago during the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics; zero atmosphere in the $1.4 billion, 60,000-seat venue for the globe's greatest track and field ...

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TOKYO (Reuters) -Hundreds of athletes, including U.S. sprinter Justin Gatlin, participated in a test event at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday, as organisers fine-tuned operations and COVID-19 ...

After scrapping the original architectural plan for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic stadium due to a ballooning cost estimate and ridicule over its resemblance to a bicycle helmet, officials selected a new ...