Tokyo 2020’s Public Support Increases

Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games bid committee have revealed public support for the Games’ bid is increasing once again.

Following an International Olympic Committee (IOC) survey announced last May that showed 47 per cent supported the bid, support for the bid has increased and the latest figures as of October 2012 show that more than 8.5 million Tokyo residents are now in favour of the bid.

A poll was conducted by Tokyo 2020 with 400 phone calls between October 10 and October 22 that revealed sixty-seven per cent of Tokyo’s residents are supporting the bid’s effort to host the Games in the city, and a variety of opinion polls indicate that more than 80 million people in Japan back the bid.

Tokyo are competing with Istanbul and Madrid to hold the 2020 Summer Games The decision will be made in September 2013.