http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/07/sport/world-olympics-2020/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 So anyway, the U.S. didn't have a bid city this year and there were a meh selection of final city choices (Madrid with its broke-ass country, Istanbul with its increasingly anti-Western populace, Tokyo with its corrupt politicians, faltering economy, and corrupt business-government partnerships and racism), so this was under the radar, but yeah Tokyo has been awarded the 2020 Olympics. I'm sure the graft potential was appealing to the IOC, while residents of the Tohoku region can savor in the knowledge that public capital will be pissed away on sporting palaces rather than rebuilding their part of the country following that tsunami back in 2011. Also, we entered the Akira timeline without noticing, so there's that to look forward to.