TOKYO – Tokyo intends to bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics as a “big catalyst” for Japan’s recovery from last month’s quake-tsunami disaster. Shintaro Ishihara was set to win a fourth term as Tokyo governor in local elections across the country which focused on ways to revive Japan after a 9.0-magnitude quake and monster tsunami ravaged its Pacific coast.
In late 2009, Tokyo lost out to Rio de Janeiro in the race for the 2016 Summer Olympics after spending some 15 billion yen (176 million dollars) on the bid to stage what it called compact and eco-friendly games.
