2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games [JPN]

Strategies and policies

• TOKYO Sports Legacy Vision, opens in a new tab, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, (2021). The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has compiled “TOKYO Sports Legacy Vision” to show how these accomplishments will be leveraged in the promotion and establishment of sports in the city. Maintaining its momentum, Tokyo will take every opportunity to have the accomplishments of the Games lead to the realisation of Tokyo as a sports field.
• Building the Legacy - Beyond 2020, opens in a new tab, Bureau of Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 Preparation, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, (July 2021). Legacy: It is the social, economic and cultural benefits of holding the Olympic and Paralympic Games that the host city and host country can inherit and enjoy for many years. We’ve come up with nine themes to better define our preparations and ongoing initiatives towards an enduring the Tokyo 2020 Games legacy: Safety and security; Urban development; Sports and health; Participation and cooperation; Culture and tourism; Education and diversity; Environment and sustainability; Prosperity and technology; Disaster recovery.
  • Legacy Reporting Framework, opens in a new tab. The Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, in collaboration with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, has released 24 summary case studies about initiatives that focus on the Tokyo 2020 Games legacy aiming to understand the benefits of the Games to the host city.

Media

• Sport for “everyone, anywhere, always” – Tokyo 2020 keeps the city moving, opens in a new tab, Olympics.com, (19 July 2022). With the ambitious aim of getting 70 per cent of adults in Tokyo participating in sport at least once a week, city authorities are creating opportunities for citizens to be more active.