NEWS
| Tokyo declares its intention to become the Host City: 2011 July: | |
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| 2011 July 16 | Announcement of Tokyo’s bid for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in 2020 |
| 2011 September 1 | Deadline for submitting its application for hosting the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in 2020 to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) |
| Applicant City: September 2011: | |
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| 2011 September 15 | Establishment of the Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee First Executive Board meeting of the Committee is also held |
| 2011 November 3-4 | IOC information seminar for 2020 Applicant Cities is held. Representatives of all six 2020 Applicant Cities from Baku (Azerbaijan), Doha (Qatar), Istanbul (Turkey), Madrid (Spain), Rome (Italy) and Tokyo (Japan) are gathered together for the first time |
| 2011 November 28 | The first Council meeting by the Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee is held |
| 2011 November 30 | The Tokyo 2020 bid logo is unveiled |
| 2012 February 15 | Submission of the Application File (describing the summary of the bid plan in response to the IOC Questionnaire for Applicant Cities) to the IOC |
| 2012 May | IOC Executive Board to accept Candidate Cities |
| Candidate City: May 2012: | |
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| 2012 July | London 2012 Summer Olympics begin Tokyo 2020 participates in IOC’s Olympic Games Observers’ Programme |
| 2012 August | London 2012 Paralympic Games begins |
| 2013 January 7 | Submission of the Candidature File (describing its detailed plan for the Olympic and Paralympic Games) to the IOC |
| 2013 March 3 - 4 | Visits by the IOC Evaluation Commission to the Candidate Cities |
| 2013 June | Candidate City Briefing to IOC Members |
| 2013 September 7 | Election of the Host City of the 2020 Olympic Games at the 125th IOC Session (Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
