Tokyo opens bidding for sports to be added to 2020 Olympics

Synchronised bidding?

Disc golf!!!

MMA

Baseball!

Anything but baseball.

Compulsive shopping

Anything but baseball.

Well considering which sport is tops in this country and Japan has a high chance in earning a Gold medal, I'd say baseball will win by a landslide.

Skateboarding and surfing are just messing around; not sports.

“focus on youth appeal” and engage the Japanese population and a worldwide audience.

So basically they have already chosen baseball and surfing / skateboarding

Any so called sport that is judged subjectively should be dumped. Too much bias, and open to corruption.

I've always thought they can bring baseball back when they introduce cricket to the olympics, which isn't likely to happen. I do actually like baseball, but having it in the olympics was a joke.

DARTS! If shooting is considered a sport then I don't see why we can't have a bit of tungsten bedlam in there too

Futsal

Damn it. Karate is long overdue to be added as an Olympic sport. So add Karate already!

Applications will be examined by a special “additional event program” panel.

Any chance people other than loyal LDP oyaji will be on the panel? Didn't think so.

Rather watch Baseball than Golf (which is an Olympic sport starting 2016 again).

Baseball is obviously going to win -- Japan has a good chance of medaling -- despite it not being popular world-wide.

Invest to new sport A horse archery! Japan can get gold easily.

SUMO must get its rightful place in World Olympic Games.It has huge fans world over.

The liquid toss ? Up-skirt photography ? The long grope?

Mixed Martial Arts

Any sports that has the word "synchronized" in it, needs to be dropped immediately.

Second vote that..Mixed Martial Arts!

why the need for baseball, only two or three countries really play it. Rugby Sevens would be a much better spectator sport

MMA would be great, but I think the blood would scare off anyone who is actually making the decision.

Please no baseball. Please. Please.

@Sharma, is that a pun?

On a global scale baseball is a minority sport, as well as being deathly dull for non-fans to watch. They got rid of it from the Olympics for a reason. Please don't bring it back. Squash and karate are the obvious candidates. I'd love to see darts in the Olympics one day.

Anything but baseball

Darts, sure. But from 50 meters.

Ultrarunning!

@wtfjapan, Rugby Sevens will be played at the Brazil & Tokyo Olympics, its already been decided. They had it at the Commonwealth Games in Scotland last year, apparently it was a massive success.

Earthquake reconstruction?

as well as being deathly dull for non-fans to watch

Same can be said about most sports in the Olympics.

why the need for baseball, only two or three countries really play it.

8 teams qualify

having it in the olympics was a joke.

Why because your country's team doesn't send their best players?

Karaoke?

Rugby.........now there's a great game.