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Toyota head steps down as vice-president of organizing committee for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

2015-12-21 12:02:44| Automakers - Topix.net

The head of Toyota Motor Corp. has stepped down as vice-president of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The committee announced the resignation of Akio Toyoda on Monday.

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Aggreko pulls out of Rio Olympics bid

2015-12-18 08:33:12| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Mobile electricity firm Aggreko pulls out of bidding for a contract to power the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in 2016.

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In run-up to Tokyo Olympics, KDDI tests translation system for tourist taxis in Tottori

2015-12-06 13:03:54| IT Services - Topix.net

Major mobile phone carrier KDDI Corp. has started testing a translation system in taxis for foreign tourists in the city of Tottori. To put the system into commercial use, the carrier is planning to collect more data, partly through a survey of the taxi drivers and foreign nationals who use them.

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Rio Disappoints Critics, Won't Test Waters Before Olympics

2015-10-27 04:21:26| pollutiononline News Articles

Rio de Janeiro's Olympic organizing committee has decided against conducting viral tests of its sewage-polluted waters ahead of next year’s Olympic Games, in spite of international pressure to examine and eliminate health risks for athletes.

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Special Olympics Oregon gets $200,000 gift from Nike during Youth Games

2015-10-04 16:53:54| Footwear - Topix.net

But even the chief executive officer for the Special Olympics Oregon program didn't know how special, until she was presented a check for $200,000 for showing up Saturday on the Nike campus outside Beaverton during the Training for Life Youth Games . Jorge Casimiro, Nike's vice president for global community impact, presented the donation to Special Olympics Oregon, in a ceremony at the games attended by 500 prospective special Olympians, their parents and guardians and 400 volunteers, most of them from Nike.

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