Tokyo 2016 Olympic bid
| Tokyo, the capital city of Japan,
is officially bidding for the 2016 Summer
Olympics. Tokyo held a Summer Olympics in 1964.Tokyo was one of the bidders listed on the short list of candidates announced on June 4, 2008, and the winning bid will be announced in October 2009. If Tokyo wins the bid, the games will be held July 29 to August 14, and the Paralympics will be held August 31 to September 11. |