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‘Karkhanisanchi Waari’ only Indian entry in Tokyo Film Festival

November 10, 2020
Karkhanisanchi Waari
  • Marathi movie, Karkhanisanchi Waari (Ashes on a Road Trip), the 149-minute film tells the story of the Karkhanis, the last joint family of Pune.
  • The film was directed by Mangesh Joshi.

QUAD Foreign Ministers meet held in Tokyo

October 7, 2020
QUAD Foreign Ministers meet
  • The foreign ministers of India, Japan, US and Australia held the Quad foreign ministers meet. India was represented by the External Affairs minister S JaiShankar.

Tokyo Olympics officially delayed until 2021

March 25, 2020
Tokyo 2020 Olympics
  • The International Olympic Committee and Tokyo Olympic organizers agreed to move the Tokyo Games to 2021.
  • Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the head of the International Olympic Committee have postponed the Tokyo 2020 Games by a year due to coronavirus pandemic.

Canada retreats from Tokyo 2020 Olympics

March 24, 2020
Tokyo 2020 Olympics
  • Canada has become the first country in the world to retreat from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics due to coronavirus pandemic.
  • Tokyo 2020 Olympics was scheduled to be held in Japan from 24th July to 9th August 2020.

Greece hands over Olympic flame to Tokyo 2020

March 20, 2020
Greece hands over Olympic flame to Tokyo 2020
  • The Olympic Flame was handed over to Tokyo 2020 organizers after the Greece leg of torch relay suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Hellenic Olympic Committee President Spyros Capralos handed the torch over to the Tokyo organising committee represented by Naoko Imoto, who lit the lantern and left with it.
  • The Tokyo Olympic games are slated to be held from July 24 to August 9.

‘United by Emotion’ chosen as Tokyo 2020 Olympics motto

February 18, 2020
Tokyo 2020 Olympics

The Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee has declared the official Games motto: “United by Emotion”. The motto emphasizes the power of sport to bring together people from diverse backgrounds of every kind and allow them to connect and celebrate in a way that reaches beyond their differences.