Tokyo intends to bid as an alternative to Rome to host the 2020 Olympics

Tokyo challenges Rome to host the 2020 Olympics: the governor of the Japanese capital, Shintaro Ishihara, has said he intends to 'make another attempt' after the failure for the 2016 Olympics, which went to Rio de Janeiro. "It is very important to continue to keep the torch burning and I hope that all of Japan is united in giving support to the candidacy," said Ishihara according to whom the games would be a symbol for the reconstruction of the country after the earthquake of March 11th. The national Olympic committees have until September XNUMX of this year to launch their alternative candidacies in Rome, for the moment the only one formalised.