Sports agency launches with Olympic gold medalist as head

Sports agency launches with Olympic gold medalist as head

Daichi Suzuki, the first commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency, smiles at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2015, as the new agency was launched the same day under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Headed by the Olympic gold medalist swimmer, the agency is tasked with improving Japanese athletes' performance and people's health ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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