Designed by Jackson Architecture, their proposal for the Japan National Stadium is a new stadium ... heavy loads from the segmental fixed roof cantilever. It can be lowered to a closed position ...

REUTERS/Yuya Shino By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Friday the scrapping of a plan for a controversial national stadium, the centrepiece of the ...

A Japanese baseball stadium where Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx and Lou Gehrig played in 1934 when American stars went on tour is at the center of a climate battle in the country. Meiji Jingu Stadium in ...

Japan is scrapping controversial plans for an expensive new centerpiece stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Friday. Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid’s ...

Japan's summer Olympics are still five years away, but there is major controversy over the centerpiece of the games. The design for the new Tokyo stadium is expected to be finalized next week and ...

Japan on Tuesday chose a new, slimmed down 2020 Olympic stadium design, after an earlier version set off a row over a $2 billion price tag that would have made it the world’s most expensive ...

Japan is scrapping controversial plans for an expensive new centerpiece stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Friday. Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid’s ...