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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - (From L) Olympic silver medal-winning fencer Yuki Ota, newscaster Christel Takigawa, Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose, Tsunekazu Takeda, president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Bid Committee, Masato Mizuno, CEO of the committee, and Mami Sato, a Paralympian in athletics, are seen at a press conference in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013, after Tokyo was chosen as the host city for the Olympic and Paralympic Games at the International Olympic Committee's general session, in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013, beating Istanbul and Madrid.

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Tokyo gets high marks in IOC Evaluation Commission report

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Masato Mizuno, CEO of the Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee, Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose and Tokyo bid chief Tsunekazu Takeda, head of the Japanese Olympic Committee, pose after a press conference at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on June 25, 2013. The International Olympic Committee released its 2020 Evaluation Commission report earlier the same day, giving Tokyo high marks for its proposal for a compact Games.

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Tokyo 2020 ambassadors present candidature file to IOC

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Masato Mizuno (L), the CEO of the Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee, and Olympic silver medal-winning soccer player Homare Sawa (R) pose for photos in front of the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Jan. 7, 2013, after presenting the Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee's candidature file to the IOC. The file includes the details of how a city will prepare for and manage all aspects of the Games.

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Tokyo 2020 ambassadors present candidature file to IOC

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Masato Mizuno, the CEO of the Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee, poses for photos in front of the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Jan. 7, 2013, ahead of presenting the Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee's candidature file to the IOC. The file includes the details of how a city will prepare for and manage all aspects of the Games.

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Tokyo 2020 ambassadors present candidature file to IOC

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Masato Mizuno (L), the CEO of the Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee, and Olympic silver medal-winning soccer player Homare Sawa (R), meet the press in front of the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Jan. 7, 2013, ahead of presenting the Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee's candidature file to the IOC. The file includes the details of how a city will prepare for and manage all aspects of the Games.

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Sawa, Tokyo 2020 envoys depart for Switzerland

NARITA, Japan - (From L to R) Olympic silver medal-winning women's soccer player Homare Sawa, Paralympic swimmer Takayuki Suzuki and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games bid committee CEO Masato Mizuno wave at Narita airport on Jan. 6, 2013, before departing for Lausanne, Switzerland, where they will present the International Olympic Committee with Tokyo's candidature file.

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Sawa, Tokyo 2020 envoys depart for Switzerland

NARITA, Japan - Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games bid committee CEO Masato Mizuno (front) and Olympic silver medal-winning women's soccer player Homare Sawa wave at Narita airport on Jan. 6, 2013, before departing for Lausanne, Switzerland, where they will present the International Olympic Committee with Tokyo's candidature file.

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JOC's Mizuno in London

LONDON, Britain - Masato Mizuno (C), vice president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, hands out a leaflet in London on April 3, 2011, emphasizing the safeness of Tokyo following the March 11 earthquake and a subsequent crisis at a nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. Some people in the athletic community overseas are anxious about attending events in Japan after the disaster.

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Kitajima signs endorsement deal with Mizuno

TOKYO, Japan - Athens Olympics men's gold medal hopeful Kosuke Kitajima (L) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 9, accompanied by Mizuno Corp. President Masato Mizuno. Kitajima, the world record holder in both the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke, said he has signed an endorsement deal with the major sporting goods manufacturer. He will be provided with new swimwear that reduces water resistance, or drag, for the Olympics in August, co-developed by Mizuno and England-based swimwear maker Speedo.

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Kitajima signs endorsement deal with Mizuno

TOKYO, Japan - Athens Olympics men's gold medal hopeful Kosuke Kitajima (L) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 9, accompanied by Mizuno Corp. President Masato Mizuno. Kitajima, the world record holder in both the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke, said he has signed an endorsement deal with the major sporting goods manufacturer. He will be provided with new swimwear that reduces water resistance, or drag, for the Olympics in August, co-developed by Mizuno and England-based swimwear maker Speedo. (Kyodo)

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Olympics: Tokyo 2020 bid CEO denies knowledge of suspect $2.8m contract

Undated photo shows Masato Mizuno, the CEO of Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Olympics. Amid bribery allegations, Mizuno insisted on May 19, 2016 that he knew nothing of a suspect $2.8 million payment to Singaporean consulting firm Black Tidings in the months immediately before and after Tokyo's victory. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JOC's Mizuno in London

LONDON, Britain - Masato Mizuno (C), vice president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, hands out a leaflet in London on April 3, 2011, emphasizing the safeness of Tokyo following the March 11 earthquake and a subsequent crisis at a nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. Some people in the athletic community overseas are anxious about attending events in Japan after the disaster. (Kyodo)