Members of Tsukuba University in Ibaraki, Japan, the country which will be hosting the 2020 Olympics, visit the facilities of the Museum and the Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic and Sport Study Centre.

The delegation, comprising Hitoshi Saga, Study of Leisure and Sport Industry; Kazuya Naruse and Ai Aramaki, the Professor's assistance in the University's Sport Sciences Department, and Haruko Hosoda, PhD and Associate Professor at the Trade Department of Tsukuba University, showed an interest in the Barcelona 92 document archive and the re-use of Olympic facilities.

The Japanese delegation met a number of bodies with the aim of gathering information and initiatives undertaken in Barcelona after the 1992 Olympics which could be implemented in Tokyo following the Games.

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