With just over three years to go, sports administrators from around the world are already visiting Tokyo to check on the city's Olympic preparations for the 2020 Games.
While Tokyo has had to overcome some initial setbacks, such as the delayed new national stadium and a plagiarism scandal involving the official 2020 logo, local organisers are confident their plans reinforce the Japanese capital's reputation for being highly organised and efficient.
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) just wrapped up a week-long visit. Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Austria and Denmark are other countries to have sent delegations to survey progress.
"There is a high level of confidence in what Tokyo 2020 will deliver," said Andrew Baker, COC Games Director. "You expect a high level of organisation and I would say, from what we've seen with the planning so far, they are living up to that reputation."
Cranes dot the city's waterfront area where the athletes' village and other venues are under construction.
While Tokyo will not present the same logistical challenges as Rio de Janeiro last year, one major challenge will be combating the heat and humidity. The last time Tokyo hosted the Summer Games in 1964, they were held in October to avoid the stifling heat.
"We know that with summers in Tokyo, weather may be a challenge," Baker said. "We'll work with our sports federations to prepare our athletes to compete in those temperatures."
Japanese government officials have acknowledged several venues for the July 24-August 9 Games will be hot.
Last summer, officials surveyed conditions where the tennis, sailing and golf events would be held and noted temperatures topped 31 degrees on multiple days, a level which usually triggered the Japan Sports Association's requirement that exercise be stopped.
When Tokyo was bidding for the 2020 Games, it promoted a compact plan with almost all of the venues inside an 8km radius from the Olympic village.
But since winning the bid, several sports have been moved outside Tokyo to neighbouring Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba prefectures to cut costs, with cycling even farther away in Izu.
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