Olympics: Tokyo 2020 bid receives boost

Organisers of Tokyo’s bid for the 2020 Olympics say public support for their campaign had risen to 77 percent.

LONDON: Organisers of Tokyo’s bid for the 2020 Olympics said yesterday public support for their campaign had risen to 77 per cent as International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspectors continued a fact-finding tour of three candidate cities.

The support rate was up four points from January, said the Tokyo bid committee. The rate started at 58 per cent in July last year.

The IOC inspection tour ‘enhanced public understanding of our bid activities and led to a rise in the support rate’, said a statement.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 27^th, 2013.