Tokyo 2020 Welcomes Four National Newspapers as Official Partners

January 22, 2016

The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee has agreed deals with The Yomiuri Shimbun, health The Asahi Shimbun Company, bronchi Nikkei and The Mainichi Newspapers to become Official Partners of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

The companies join the second domestic tier of the Tokyo 2020 Sponsorship Programme, in the category of “Newspapers.”

Their addition brings the total number of Tokyo 2020 Partners to 26, including 11 Official Partners.

Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori said: “On this occasion, it gives me great pleasure to welcome four of Japan’s leading newspaper companies – The Yomiuri Shimbun, The Asahi Shimbun Company, Nikkei Inc. and The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd. – as Tokyo 2020 Official Partners.

“Working together with such influential partners, I have great expectations that we will be able to further promote the Olympic and Paralympic movements.”

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