"Everyone's Tomorrow" runs until August 31st! Submit your message for 2020!

 

The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games is currently running the "TOKYO 2020 Everyone's Tomorrow" project, soliciting messages from the general public to embody the bid slogan "Discover Tomorrow ~Grasp Tomorrow~".

The dedicated website ( vision.tokyo2020.jp/top/ ) has received numerous messages from Olympians, Paralympians, and members of the public.

 

On August 12, the formation ceremony for the Japanese delegation participating in the 2nd Youth Olympic Games (2014/Nanjing) was held at the Ajinomoto National Training Center in Kita Ward, Tokyo. The Games will be held in Nanjing, China, over 13 days from August 16 to 28, featuring 222 events across 28 sports. The Youth Olympic Games, proposed by former International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge, is an international competition for athletes aged 14 to 18. Like the Olympics, it has Summer and Winter editions, each held every four years. The first Summer Games were held in Singapore in 2010, and the first Winter Games took place in Innsbruck, Austria, in 2012. Japan is sending a total of 120 people to these Games: 78 athletes (male and female) and 42 coaches and supervisors. They will compete in 21 sports.

Badminton player Akane Yamaguchi and table tennis player Yuto Muramatsu

 

At the team formation ceremony, the team flag was presented to flag bearer badminton player Akane Yamaguchi (2nd year, Fukui Prefectural Katsuyama High School). Team captain Yuto Murata (3rd year, Teikyo High School), a table tennis player, expressed his determination: "I want us to fight united as Team Japan, not just for our individual sports." After the ceremony, both athletes contributed messages to the "TOKYO 2020 Everyone's Tomorrow" project.

Muramatsu held a board reading "Toward a future united through sports," while Yamaguchi held one reading "A world where smiles spread through sports." They spoke of their aspirations for success at the Youth Olympics and their hopes for the Tokyo 2020 Games.

Messages from the public are being accepted until August 31st. Submitted messages will be published on a special website. Why not share your thoughts on the "Tomorrow" that matters to you and the "Tomorrow" you want to share with the world, looking ahead to the summer six years from now?

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