Rowing body restates opposition to moving 2020 Olympic venue

Edit Boston Herald 21 Oct 2016
A panel of Tokyo city government experts has recommended moving rowing and canoeing to an existing site in Miyagi prefecture — about 250 miles (400 kilometers) north of Tokyo — after the projected cost for a new venue in Tokyo Bay soared to $490 million, seven times the initial estimate ... ....

Tokyo Bay, Miyagi likely rowing candidates

Edit The Japan News 21 Oct 2016
Jiji Press TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A Tokyo metropolitan government team investigating the costs for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics is considering narrowing down the candidate competition venues for rowing and canoeing events to a Tokyo Bay site and the Naganuma boat park in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture, officials of the team said Thursday ... Saiko, a lake in Toda, Saitama Prefecture, had also been seen as a candidate ... Click to play ... + - ... ....

Qatar Friendship Fund donates USD 10 million towards new school in the heart of Onagawa (QFF - Qatar Friendship Fund)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Oct 2016
(Source. QFF - Qatar Friendship Fund). Qatar Friendship Fund donates USD 10 million towards new school in the heart of Onagawa. 400 students every year to benefit from newly integrated Elementary and Junior High School ... H.E ... H.E ... About Onagawa's Elementary/ Junior High School Relocation Project Before the Great East Japan Earthquake, the school district in Onagawa town, Miyagi prefecture, was divided to the north and south of the town....

Qatar Friendship Fund Projects as a Model for the World. (QFF - Qatar Friendship Fund)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Oct 2016
(Source. QFF - Qatar Friendship Fund). Qatar Friendship Fund Projects as a Model for the World. Annual Beneficial Economic Impact of 120 million USD ... The Qatar Friendship Fund today held a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club Japan, Tokyo, to announce the considerable impact of its projects on fisheries, child education, health and entrepreneurship in the three Tohoku prefectures of Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima ... Mr ... Mr ... Mr....

Work to cut costs of 2020 Olympic Games through 4-party cooperation

Edit The Japan News 20 Oct 2016
Consideration is being given to a metropolitan government proposal to change the venue from the Sea Forest Waterway to be built in Tokyo Bay to the Miyagi Naganuma Boat Race Course in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture ... Miyagi Prefecture has estimated preparing the boat course could be done for ¥20 billion....

Bach, Koike in same boat?

Edit The Japan News 19 Oct 2016
By Keiko Hamana and Daichi Nishiguchi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers In an apparent effort to display his cooperative stance, visiting International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has told Tokyo Gov ... The investigative panel has proposed changing the venue for rowing and canoe sprint competitions from the Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo Bay to the Miyagi Naganuma Boat Race Course in the city of Tome, Miyagi Prefecture ... + - ... ....

Roman coins ID'd in Japanese ruins, but their origin baffles

Edit Deseret News 19 Oct 2016
TOKYO — The eyes of a visiting archaeologist lit up when he was shown the 10 tiny, tarnished discs that had sat unnoticed in storage for two and a half years at a dig on a southern Japan island ... The discovery, announced last month, is baffling ... The remaining five are still being examined ... "There are still lots of unknowns," said Okinawa International University archaeologist Hiroki Miyagi....

Fidea Holdings Co., Ltd.: R&I; Affirms BBB, Stable (R&I; - Rating and Investment Information Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 19 Oct 2016
(Source. R&I; - Rating and Investment Information Inc) R&I Affirms BBB, Stable. Fidea Holdings Co., Ltd. Oct 19, 2016. Rating and Investment Information, Inc. (R&I) has announced the following. ISSUER. Fidea Holdings Co., Ltd. Issuer Rating. BBB, Affirmed Rating Outlook. Stable ... With strength in the individual field, such as insurance sales and housing loans, Shonai Bank has actively expanded into the larger market of Miyagi Prefecture....

Games venue change could save ¥20 bil.

Edit The Japan News 18 Oct 2016
On Sept. 29, an investigative team tasked by the metropolitan government with probing the costs of hosting the Tokyo Games released a report that proposed changing the venue to the Miyagi Naganuma Boat Race Course in the city of Tome, Miyagi Prefecture, or reducing the original costs by constructing the Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo Bay as a temporary facility ... Meanwhile, following the team’s report, Miyagi Gov ... Click to play ... + - ... ....

Olympic president to meet Tokyo governor to discuss venue

Edit The Roanoke Times 18 Oct 2016
Yuriko Koike over her cost-cutting proposals ... They said the existing facility that Koike proposes in Miyagi lacks infrastructure, accommodation for spectators and will be inconvenient for athletes. They also said the final construction cost for the Sea Forest Waterway will likely be lower than original estimates, while additional cost for transportation, security and infrastructure needed for any Miyagi relocation would add up ... ___....

IOC president says willing to discuss Tokyo 2020 costs

Edit The Associated Press 18 Oct 2016
It said the existing facility that Koike proposes using in Miyagi prefecture lacks infrastructure, accommodation for spectators and will be inconvenient for athletes. Tokyo organizers also said the final construction cost for the Sea Forest Waterway will likely be lower than estimated, while additional costs for transportation, security and infrastructure to move the events to Miyagi would add up ... ---. Follow Mari Yamaguchi at ... ....

Abe’s Nuclear Japan Goals Face More Ballot-Box Battles in 2017

Edit Bloomberg 18 Oct 2016
“The restart process will continue to proceed unevenly at best.” ... The governor’s office wasn’t immediately available to comment.Miyagi ... Yoshihiro Murai, governor of Miyagi prefecture since 2005 and not affiliated with any party, will not take a position on the restart until after the review, according to an official from the prefecture’s nuclear safety policy division ... Ibaraki prefecture is in a similar position as Miyagi ... ....

IOC says willing to discuss Tokyo 2020 costs, within limits

Edit The Roanoke Times 18 Oct 2016
"We will cooperate ... It said the existing facility that Koike is exploring in northern Japan's Miyagi prefecture lacks infrastructure, accommodation for spectators and will be inconvenient for athletes. Tokyo organizers also said the final construction cost for the Sea Forest Waterway will likely be lower than estimated, while additional costs for transportation, security and infrastructure to move the events to Miyagi would add up....
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