Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics say the International Olympic Committee has approved their plan to add a stadium in Fukushima for newly added baseball and softball events. The IOC held a second-day Executive Board meeting today in the South Korean city of Pyeongchang, the host of the 2018 Winter Games. Tokyo organizing committee proposed Azuma Stadium in Fukushima Prefecture as an additional venue for baseball and softball. Organizers said, they hope to hold some of the games in Fukushima as well, as a way to support the prefecture's efforts to recover from the 2011 disasters.
News On AIR | March 17, 2017 11:23 AM
Olympics: Fukushima confirmed as additional 2020 baseball venue