Added in 1973, Hotel Okura's south wing will remain open during renovations. Its interior is meant to showcase the beauty of Japanese design -- the lobby features a flock of ceramic mosaic birds.

The landmark Hotel Okura's design didn't meet the need for more rooms for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Now, an icon of Japanese mid-century modern architecture will disappear.

The subsidiary Okura Nikko Hotel Management Co., Ltd. operates 72 properties (47 in Japan and 25 overseas) encompassing some 22,666 guest rooms (as of September 12, 2019) under three hotel groups ...

The 15 hotel operators include Imperial Hotel, New Otani, Keio Plaza Hotel, Hotel Okura Tokyo, Seibu Prince Hotels Worldwide and Fujita Kanko. Officials from the 15 companies had met once a month ...

The IOC is posting up in a 5-star luxury hotel in Tokyo called The Okura, which is next to the US embassy. Olympics reporter Stephen Wade shared a video and few photos of the IOC hotel.

The lobby area of the Okura hotel in Tokyo. The original property, completed in 1962, is reopening on Thursday after a $1 billion re-creation. Shiho Fukada for The Wall Street Journal ...