Yagi informally named new JOC chief

Yagi informally named new JOC chief

A five-man selection committee of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC), in a meeting Wednesday Feb. 24, informally names Yushiro Yagi (R) to succeed outgoing JOC President Hironoshin Furuhashi (2nd from L). The appointment of Yagi, currently JOC secretary general, will be made formal before Furuhashi's retirement at the end of March.

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