Japan eyes 2020 Olympics to retake place on tech podium


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 13 Mar 2019

FILE - In this April 25, 2016, file photo, the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games displays the new official logos of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, left, and the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. The Tokyo Olympic clock has hit 500 days to go. Organizers marked the milestone on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, unveiling the stylized pictogram figures for the Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

TOKYO: Driverless cars, robot volunteers and ultra high-definition TV: Japan Inc hopes to use the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to show the world it has regained its touch for innovation and technology. 

The last time Japan hosted the summer games – Tokyo 1964 – it wowed visitors with its shinkansen, the sleek high-speed bullet train that has since become a byword for cool and efficient transport. 

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