Tokyo's in the Race for 2016 Olympics

Tokyo was picked Aug. 30 by the Japanese Olympic Committee to represent the nation in the race to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. If successful in its bid, Tokyo would be the first Asian city to play host twice, after first holding the Olympics in 1964.

Tokyo is expected to face stiff competition from the U.S., with San Francisco, Chicago and other locations still battling it out to be picked as America's candidate city.

(from the Nikkei weekly)