The suggestions would see an additional 18 medal events across baseball/softball, skateboard, sports climbing, surfing and karate incorporated into the program.
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If accepted, organizers say that an additional 474 athletes would take part in the Games.
Under new rules from the Olympic Agenda 2020, host cities are allowed to put forward recommendations for sports they feel should be included, with the IOC making the final decision next summer.
“Today’s announcement by Tokyo 2020 to include baseball/softball into its proposal for additional events at the 2020 Olympic Games is an exciting step forward to hopefully seeing our game return to this great platform,” MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. “We look forward to the IOC’s decision in August 2016.”
The IOC voted in 2005 to remove baseball and softball from the Olympics following the 2008 Games, and an effort to reinstate the sports for Rio 2016 fell short.
