Tokyo has sped up its preparations as the one-year countdown to the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games approaches, with 90 percent of the new National Stadium completed while construction of the athletes' village is expected to be finished in December.Test events have begun to ensure a successful operation during the summer games, the first to be held in Japan in 56 years.Here is a collection of pictures captured recently by Kyodo News photographers:Related coverage:Olympics: IOC, Tokyo organizers to clamp down on video in social mediaREAD FULL ARTICLE
