Japan: Olympic cooperation week
Published 30 May 2014
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Olympic and Paralympic Games
Tokyo will host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. During Prime Minister Abe’s recent visit to the UK the minister co-signed a UK-Japan Sports Host to Host Agreement. Through this we will share experience of the successful London 2012 Games as Japan prepares for Tokyo 2020, and of the England and Japan Rugby World Cups taking place in 2015 and 2019. This Olympic Week is the largest event of our Olympic strategy that we have planned to date and will allow us to broaden and deepen our engagement with key Olympic stakeholders.
Tokyo recognises the success of London 2012 and made reference to such in its bid to host the 2020 Games. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic Games was stood up in January 2014. In recent months we have shared information with Tokyo regarding organisation and governance, transport, security, cyber security and Olympic legacy. This cooperation week provides an opportunity to take these discussions to a deeper level and to begin to introduce some of the UK’s key private sector partners without whom London 2012 would not have been possible. British companies have already won some of the most significant contracts to have been let so far, including for the design and engineering of the new National stadium, and for communication of their Olympic bid.
Mr Robertson will give the keynote address at the main seminar on 3 June. He will share his personal perspective on the challenges, success and legacy of London 2012. This will be followed by top level presentations on venue and infrastructure planning, security and cultural issues. On 4 June, we’ll hold a series of interactive workshops that take a deeper look at specialist areas such as security & cyber security; venues, infrastructure & sustainability; and communications, sports culture and tourism. These are subjects in which Tokyo has a strong interest; and subjects where we believe they will need help in terms of advisory services. The workshops will also include UK companies who plan to bid for work on Tokyo 2020. We aim that the workshops will set the scene for UKTI led trade missions and exhibitions later this year and into 2015.
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