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(1 Feb 2016) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Tokyo - 1 February 2016 1. Various of Kengo Kuma, architect of Japan's new 2020 Olympics stadium, presenting the stadium design 2. Pan right of conference room 3. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Kengo Kuma, architect of Japan's new 2020 Olympics stadium: "As for the construction period, it was planned in detail, such as how much time was to be spent doing what and what sort of logistics we do it with. With this plan, which took account of the details, we can just manage to meet the deadline (of November 2019) and this is how we made our plan this time. So, I think moving it forward by two months will be very tight." 4. Cutaway of news conference 5. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Kengo Kuma, architect of Japan's new 2020 Olympics stadium: "Regarding the cross-section view (of the stadium design), people tend to reach more or less similar solutions as we need to comply with the regulations while considering giving the audience good visibility. And the exterior condition was already fixed." 6. Various of news conference STORYLINE: The architect of Japan's new 2020 Olympics stadium on Monday said moving forward the completion date to make it available for the 2019 Rugby World Cup "will be very tight". Last December, Japan chose Kengo Kuma's scaled down design five months after scrapping the initial design and construction plan because it was deemed too costly. This forced the 2019 Rugby World Cup to find other venues, and the late change had raised concerns about whether it could even be completed in time for the Olympics. Kuma's plan is to complete the stadium by November 2019 while the Rugby World Cup is scheduled to open in September of that year. Japan's historic win over two-time Rugby World Cup champion South Africa last year buoyed popularity of rugby in Japan. On the allegations by British-Iraqi designer Zaha Hadid that his design borrowed from blueprints she made, Kuma once again refuted this. He said that his design is completely different but some similarities in details are inevitable due to strict restrictions. Kuma noted that both architects had to meet strict specifications for the new, 80,000-seat structure in downtown Tokyo that will replace Japan's old National Stadium. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: info@aparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/086213c6d87b8af44ca711c175d9d86d Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork