Japanese Olympic team disbandment ceremony

Japanese Olympic team disbandment ceremony

Japanese figure skater Kaori Sakamoto (R) hands the flag of the Japanese delegation for the Milan Cortina Olympics to delegation head Hidehito Ito during its disbandment ceremony in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2026.

Japanese Olympic team disbandment ceremony

Japanese Olympic team disbandment ceremony

Hidehito Ito, head of the Japanese delegation for the Milan Cortina Olympics, delivers a speech during a delegation disbandment ceremony in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2026.

Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

Japanese Olympic delegation head Hidehito Ito (R) and deputy head Masahiko Harada meet the press on Feb. 3, 2026, in the athletes village in Milan for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, opening on Feb. 6.

Japan Olympic delegation head

Japan Olympic delegation head

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows Seiko Hashimoto (C), Japan delegation head of the Sochi Olympics, with Hidehito Ito (L) and Toshimasa Furukawa, members of the delegation, after a press conference in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 2, 2014.

(BEIJING2022) CHINA-BEIJING-WINTER OLYMPICS-PRESS CONFERENCE-JAPANESE DELEGATION (CN)

(BEIJING2022) CHINA-BEIJING-WINTER OLYMPICS-PRESS CONFERENCE-JAPANESE DELEGATION (CN)

(220203) -- BEIJING, Feb. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chef de Mission Ito Hidehito speaks during a press conference of Japanese delegation at the Main Media Center for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Ma Ning)

(BEIJING2022) CHINA-BEIJING-WINTER OLYMPICS-PRESS CONFERENCE-JAPANESE DELEGATION (CN)

(BEIJING2022) CHINA-BEIJING-WINTER OLYMPICS-PRESS CONFERENCE-JAPANESE DELEGATION (CN)

(220203) -- BEIJING, Feb. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chef de Mission Ito Hidehito speaks during a press conference of Japanese delegation at the Main Media Center for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Ma Ning)