Japan

Multi-Sport
Packaged Foods & Meats

Nissin Foods, the official Noodle partner of Tokyo 2020, ran an early 2020 regional television and social campaign that aimed to break down the perceived Games-related divide between host city Tokyo and the rest of the country.
Swimming
Personal Care & Fragrances

P&G beauty brand SK-II reacted to the pandemic-enforced delay of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by pivoting to a tactical, social-first campaign targeting young Japanese women and fronted by swimmer Rikako Ikee.
Rugby Union
General Insurance

As Japan prepared for an influx of international fans coming to watch the 2019 Rugby World Cup, AIG Japan leveraged the company’s sponsorship of New Zealand’s All Blacks toward a road safety campaign.
Rugby Union
Payment Services & Credit Cards

The spearhead strand of Mastercard’s 2019 Rugby World Cup activation programme saw the tournament’s official payments partner harness real-time technology to create unique Player of the Match trophies for each match.
Rugby Union
Logistics

DHL, official logistics supplier to the 2019 Rugby World Cup, rolled out an epic campaign of activations through 2018 and 2019.

US technology giant Intel has announced plans for activations at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games that will showcase its technology and an esports tournament in Tokyo in the lead-up to the Games
Table Tennis

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has named technology brand Cisco Systems as a partner of this November's Team World Cup competition. Cisco’s operating company in Japan – Cisco Systems G.K,
Multi-Sport
Banking

The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) has signed up the Japan Post Holdings conglomerate as the latest partner of the Torch Relay for next year’s edition of t…
Table Tennis
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has announced agricultural cooperative ZEN-NOH as the title sponsor of this year’s Team World Cup, which runs from November 6-10 in the Japanese capital o…
Rugby Union
Construction & Dev.

Building construction and civil engineering company Taisei Corporation has become the latest Japanese sponsor of the 2019 Rugby World Cup ahead of the start of the national team tournament in the country
Figure Skating
Luxury Goods

Japanese watch conglomerate Citizen have signed Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu as their spokesperson for the brand in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau
Rugby Union
HR & Recruitment

Japanese HR brand HITO Communications has signed a new partnership as an Official Sponsor of the 2019 Rugby World Cup
Football
Betting

J1 League club Yokohama F. Marinos has signed a new shirt deal with the Japanese arm of Hong Kong gaming and casino brand Melco Resorts & Entertainment
Surfing
Sporting Apparel

US footwear and apparel manufacturer Vans has signed on as the presenting sponsor of the 2019 World Surfing Games
Airlines

All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines agreed on a deal with the Tokyo 2020 organising committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, making them supporting partners of the Olympic torch relay
Energy

Tokyo 2020's record-breaking sponsorship programme added one more deal to its haul, with the organising committee announcing on Wednesday an agreement with JXTG Nippon Oil and Energy Corporation
Multi-Sport
GPS

Google has signed an Official Supporter deal with the Tokyo Organising Committee of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, a position in the third tier of the domestic sponsorship programme