Tokyo is hoping its plan to hold a compact event will make a big impression when the International Olympic Committee decides who gets to host the 2016 Summer Games. With almost all venues within a radius of about 9.6 km of the city center, Tokyo is selling its bid as the most compact and efficient in the history of the Olympics. Tokyo's Olympic bid is being led by outspoken nationalist governor Shintaro Ishihara, who based a successful re-election campaign on the Olympic bid in April to win a third term in office. "Winning the bid is no easy task," Ishihara, who is president of the Tokyo 2016 committee, said in a statement. "But Tokyo is determined to demonstrate its hosting capability and vigorously promote the bid campaign with the support of the government, the JOC and the public." A 100,000-seat stadium on Tokyo's waterfront is the centerpiece of the bid.
