NTT provided a variety of telecommunications services for
the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics, and
the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
NTT provided a variety of telecommunications services for
the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics, and
the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
July 24–September 6, 2020
Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics
Given the rapid evolution of ICT in recent years,
the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games will require the use of technologies that are not only more convenient but also more secure than ever before.
As well as helping to make the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics safe, secure, and welcoming in its capacity as
a Tokyo 2020 Gold Partner (Telecommunications Services),
the NTT Group is leveraging its telecommunications-related security technologies
and infrastructure
both in Japan and overseas with the aim of providing an unprecedented level of hospitality to all that attend Tokyo 2020,
including the competitors themselves and guests from Japan and overseas.
1958
Tokyo Tower completed
TOKYO
1964
Period: October 10–24, 1964
No. of sports/events: 20 sports & 163 events
No. of participating countries/athletes: 93 countries & 5,152 athletes
Transpacific Cable service launched
Use of telephone lines for data communication
trialed at Tokyo Olympics
1965
Hikari Tokaido Shinkansen service launched
1966
Japan’s population reaches 100 million
1968
Japan’s GNP ranked 2nd in the world
1969
Entire Tomei Expressway opens
1970
Japan World Exposition (Osaka Expo) held
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from 1964 to 1972
SAPPORO
1972
Period: February 3–13, 1972
No. of sports/events: 6 sports & 35 events
No. of participating countries/athletes: 35 countries & 1,006 athletes
Olympic results transmitted by Japanese-made computers
for first time at Winter Olympics
1973
Fax service launched
1978
New Tokyo International Airport (Narita) opens
1984
Nikkei Stock Average hits 10,000 yen
1985
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation privatized to form NTT
1987
Mobile phone service launched
1991
World Wide Web created
1995
Great Hanshin and Awaji Earthquake
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from 1972 to 1995
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from 1972 to 1995
NAGANO
1998
Period: February 7–22, 1998 No. of sports/events: 7 sports & 68 events No. of participating countries/athletes: 72 countries & 2,176 athletes
ISDN videophones used by
volunteer interpreters at
Nagano Winter Olympics and Paralympics
2001
Installation of fiber-optic cables for general households starts
2003
Digital terrestrial broadcasting launched
2005
Line for Japan’s first maglev linear train
(Linimo; Aichi High-Speed Transit Tobu Kyuryo Line) opens
2010
LTE service launched
2011
Great East Japan Earthquake
Entire Kagoshima Route of the Kyushu Shinkansen line opens
2012
Tokyo Sky Tree opens
2013
Tokyo chosen as host city for
2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games
NTT appointed Gold Partner (Telecommunications Service) for
2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
2014
4K broadcasting launched
2015
Hikari Collaboration service launched
Hokuriku Shinkansen service launched
2016
August 5–September 18, 2016 (Brazil)
Rio de Janeiro Olympics and Paralympics
2018
February 9–March 18, 2018 (South Korea)
Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and Paralympics
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from 1998 to 2018
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TOKYO
2020
July 24–September 6, 2020
Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics
