 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Japan ndiyo yaizotambira Mitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2020 muTokyo, iyo yakatanga kurongwa kuti iitwe kubva musi wa 24 Chikunguru kusvika musi wa 9 Nyamavhuvhu 2020 asi yakamiswa musi wa 23 Chikunguru kusvika musi wa 8 Nyamavhuvhu 2021 nekuda kwechirwere cheCovid-19. Kubvira pakatanga mutambo weOlympic muna 1912, vatambi veJapan vakapinda mumitambo yese yeOlympic munguva yemazuva ano, kunze kweMitambo yeOlympic ya1948 muLondon, iyo yavakanga vasina kukokwa nekuda kwebasa renyika muHondo Yenyika II, uye neMitambo yeOlympic ya1980 muMoscow, sechikamu chekurambidzwa kweUnited States. Mutambi webasketball Rui Hachimura nomurwi Yui Susaki ndivo vatakuri vemureza wokuJapan pamhemberero yokuzarura. Karateka Ryo Kiyuna ndiye achatakura mureza pamhemberero yokugumisa. 