ONOC extends MoU with Japanese partners to help athletes prepare for Tokyo 2020 Thursday, 21 January 2021 The Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) has announced the extension of its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two Japanese partners that aims to help athletes prepare for the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Kazuo Nakayama, Mayor of Ryugasaki, and Toshiaki Nojiri, President of the Ryutsu Keizai University (RKU), signed the MoU along with ONOC President Robin Mitchell at a virtual ceremony. Mitchell said the partnership had the ability to "ease burdens" on athletes from smaller countries following the postponement of the Olympics to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.