Tokyo plans to bid for 2020 Olympics

Japan Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda smiles during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in Tokyo-

TOKYO: Tokyo should host the 2020 Summer Olympics as a boost to Japan’s quake and tsunami recovery, the city’s governor said on Friday, suggesting that rebuilt disaster zones could hold some events.
Shintaro Ishihara said another Tokyo Olympics since the 1964 Games would demonstrate Japan’s revival after the March 11 catastrophe and “repay the friendship and encouragement extended from around the world”.
The governor’s comments to the city assembly were the most formal announcement yet of his intention to bid for the Olympics less than two years after Tokyo lost out to Rio de Janeiro as the 2016 host.
Speaking later to the media, he said that the coastal disaster zones northeast of Tokyo may be able to host some Olympic events, if approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). “It is up to discussions with the IOC,” he said.