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[Breaking News]New JOC head Hashimoto

TOKYO, Japan, June 26 Kyodo - House of Councillors lawmaker and 1992 Winter Olympics speed skating bronze medalist Seiko Hashimoto speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 26, 2025, after being elected new president of the Japanese Olympic Committee. (Kyodo)

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New JOC head Hashimoto

House of Councillors lawmaker and 1992 Winter Olympics speed skating bronze medalist Seiko Hashimoto attends a press conference in Tokyo on June 26, 2025, after being elected new president of the Japanese Olympic Committee.

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New JOC head Hashimoto

House of Councillors lawmaker and 1992 Winter Olympics speed skating bronze medalist Seiko Hashimoto (L) speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 26, 2025, after being elected new president of the Japanese Olympic Committee.

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New JOC head Hashimoto

House of Councillors lawmaker and 1992 Winter Olympics speed skating bronze medalist Seiko Hashimoto speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 26, 2025, after being elected new president of the Japanese Olympic Committee.

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New JOC head Hashimoto

House of Councillors lawmaker and 1992 Winter Olympics speed skating bronze medalist Seiko Hashimoto speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 26, 2025, after being elected new president of the Japanese Olympic Committee.

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New JOC head Hashimoto

House of Councillors lawmaker and 1992 Winter Olympics speed skating bronze medalist Seiko Hashimoto speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 26, 2025, after being elected new president of the Japanese Olympic Committee.

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Tokyo's Tatsumi International Swimming Center closes

The JOC Junior Olympic Cup swimming competition, the last event at Tokyo's Tatsumi International Swimming Center after 30 years in operation since 1993, is held on March 30, 2023.

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JOC President Yamashita

Yasuhiro Yamashita, president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, delivers a New Year's address to employees in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2023.

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JOC head named IOC evaluation member for 2022 games

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Olympic Committee head Tsunekazu Takeda, shown in this undated file photo, is chosen on Sept. 29, 2014, as one of the members of the Evaluation Commission of the International Olympic Committee for appraising the bid cities for the 2022 Winter Olympics -- Norway's Oslo, Kazakhstan's Almaty and China's Beijing. The host city will be decided at an IOC session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 31 next year.

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JOC official denies harassing 2010 medalist

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Seiko Hashimoto, 49, a member of the House of Councillors and a Japanese Olympic Committee official. According to the weekly Shukan Bunshun magazine's edition that went on sale on Aug. 20, 2014, Hashimoto, also president of the Japan Skating Federation, forced Daisuke Takahashi, Vancouver Olympic figure skating bronze medalist, into letting her repeatedly kiss him during a party after the Sochi Olympics in February, an allegation denied by Hashimoto the same day.

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JOC's Takada visits Rio de Janeiro

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Yuji Takada, who is in charge of the Japanese Olympic Committee's project on special measures for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, speaks in the Brazilian city on Aug. 11, 2014, after inspecting various sites.

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JOC chief meets press 6 years before 2020 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunekazu Takeda, president of the Japan Olympic Committee, meets reporters in Tokyo on July 24, 2014, exactly six years before the start of the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020.

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5-time Olympic moguls skier Uemura gets JOC citation

TOKYO, Japan - Five-time Olympic moguls skier Aiko Uemura, who announced her retirement this spring, receives a special contribution award certificate from Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda (L) on June 30, 2014, in Tokyo.

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JOC awards for FY 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu (R), judoka Masashi Ebinuma (C) and ski jumper Sara Takanashi hold their trophies at the Japanese Olympic Committee's award ceremony in Tokyo on June 6, 2014. Hanyu received the highest JOC award for fiscal 2013.

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Mori speaks at JOC reception

SOCHI, Russia - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), gives a speech at a reception at the 2014 JOC Japan House in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 10, 2014.

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Japan reception in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaks at a reception at the 2014 JOC Japan House in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 10, 2014.

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JOC Pres. Takeda says "case closed" on Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on May 10, 2013. Takeda said recent controversial remarks by Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose will not affect Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Summer Games, stressing "the case is closed."

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Takeda at 100th anniv. of JASA, JOC

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda speaks at a reception to mark the 100th anniversary of the Japan Sports Association and the JOC in Tokyo on July 16, 2011. Takeda announced that Tokyo will bid for the 2020 Olympics during the reception.

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Ishihara, Rogge meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (L) and International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge shake hands during a reception to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Japan Sports Association and the Japanese Olympic Committee in Tokyo on July 16, 2011. Ishihara and the JOC announced during the reception that Tokyo will bid for the 2020 Olympics.

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Ishihara at 100th anniv. of JASA, JOC

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara speaks at a ceremony to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Japan Sports Association and the Japanese Olympic Committee in Tokyo on July 16, 2011. The JOC and Ishihara announced that Tokyo will bid for the 2020 Olympics during the reception.

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Rogge at 100th anniv. of JASA, JOC

TOKYO, Japan - International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge speaks at a ceremony to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Japan Sports Association and the Japanese Olympic Committee in Tokyo on July 16, 2011. The JOC announced that Tokyo will bid for the 2020 Olympics during the reception.

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Emperor at 100th anniv. of JASA, JOC

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito speaks at a ceremony to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Japan Sports Association and the Japanese Olympic Committee in Tokyo on July 16, 2011.

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JOC president Takeda

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda. International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said on June 24, 2011, that he intends to propose Takeda as a candidate for new IOC membership.

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JOC's Mizuno in London

LONDON, Britain - Masato Mizuno (C), vice president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, hands out a leaflet in London on April 3, 2011, emphasizing the safeness of Tokyo following the March 11 earthquake and a subsequent crisis at a nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. Some people in the athletic community overseas are anxious about attending events in Japan after the disaster.

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Figure skater Asada receives JOC sports award

TOKYO, Japan - World figure skating champion Mao Asada (R) receives a trophy at a Japanese Olympic Committee awards ceremony in Tokyo on Aug. 11, 2010. Male figure skating champion Daisuke Takahashi also received a JOC award.

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IBAF asks JOC for cooperation

TOKYO, Japan - International Baseball Federation President Riccardo Fraccari speaks during an interview in Tokyo on August 4, 2010. Fraccari asked the Japanese Olympic Committee for its cooperation in bringing baseball back for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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JOC chief rejects joint Olympic bid by Hiroshima, Nagasaki

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda (R) talks with Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (L) and Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (2nd from L) in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2009. Takeda rejected the possibility of Hiroshima and Nagasaki co-hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics, saying the JOC is not in a position to go against the Olympic Charter, which stipulates that only one city can host the Olympics.

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JOC chief rejects joint Olympic bid by Hiroshima, Nagasaki

TOKYO, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (L) and Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba speak to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2009, after meeting with Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda. Takeda rejected the possibility of Hiroshima and Nagasaki co-hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics, saying the JOC is not in a position to go against the Olympic Charter, which stipulates that only one city can host the Olympics.

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Farewell held for late former JOC chief Furuhashi

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima reads a message of condolence at a farewell gathering for the late legendary swimmer and former Japanese Olympic Committee President Hironoshin Furuhashi, at the Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on Oct. 14. Furuhashi died in Rome in August at age 80.

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Farewell held for late former JOC chief Furuhashi

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima reads a message of condolence at a farewell gathering for the late legendary swimmer and former Japanese Olympic Committee President Hironoshin Furuhashi, at the Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2009. Furuhashi died in Rome in Augus at age 80.

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Former JOC chief Furuhashi dies at 80 in Rome

ROME, Italy - Legendary swimmer and former Japanese Olympic Committee President Hironoshin Furuhashi is seen in this photo taken July 27 at an award ceremony for the swimming world championships currently being held in Rome. Furuhashi died in Rome on Aug. 2 at age 80.

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Okazaki named captain of Japan delegation for Turin Games

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Olympic Committee on Jan. 10 named veteran speed skater Tomomi Okazaki (L, file photo) as captain of the country's delegation for the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Turin. The JOC also selected fellow sprint speed skater Joji Kato (R, file photo) as the flag bearer. They will lead Japanese athletes and officials in the Feb. 10 opening ceremony.

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JOC gives Okamoto green light to compete in Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Olympic Committee Chairman Tsunekazu Takeda announced in Tokyo on April 5 the JOC has agreed to send taekwondo fighter Yoriko Okamoto to the Athens Olympics despite an internal feud in the Japan Taekwondo Federation (JTF) having yet to be resolved.

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Okamoto's Olympic appearance still up in air

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese taekwondo fighter Yoriko Okamoto smiles during an interview at a Kyoto hotel on April 1. The Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) responded negatively earlier in the day to sending Okamoto to the Athens Olympics after rival domestic bodies administering the sport failed to form an umbrella organization by the deadline.

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JOC, China seal bilateral sports accord

TOKYO, April 1 - Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Tsunekazu Takeda (R) and Chinese Olympic Committee President Yuan Weimin pose for photographs after signing an accord on improvement of sporting conditions in the two countries in Tokyo on April 1.

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JOC head Takeda speaks on IOC decision

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) president Tsunekazu Takeda speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 30 after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) put off a vote over a proposal that baseball, softball and modern pentathlon be dropped from the Olympic program. The IOC decided at a general assembly meeting in Mexico City on Nov. 29 to put off any vote over the issue until after the 2004 Athens Olympics.

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Judo champ Tamura wants control of own image rights

FUKUOKA, Japan - Olympic and world judo champion Ryoko Tamura is looking to take control of her own image rights, judo sources said April 8. The Japanese Olympic Committee controls the income that almost all Japanese athletes can receive from commercial endorsements, but Tamura hopes to follow in the footsteps of Olympic marathon gold medalist Naoko Takahashi by opting out of the JOC's clutches.

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JOC and USOC agree to extend bilateral accord

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) President Sandy Baldwin (L) and Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Tsunekazu Takeda pose for the media in Salt Lake City on Feb. 5 after agreed to extend a bilateral accord in an effort to improve sporting conditions in the two countries.

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Takeda elected new JOC president

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunekazu Takeda, an executive board member of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC), is elected new JOC president at an extraordinary meeting of its board members in Tokyo on Oct. 24. Takeda's tenure will run to March 2003 as he finishes out the term of his predecessor Yushiro Yagi who died in September.

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Yagi mourned by Osaka bid committee members

OSAKA, Japan - Directors of the Osaka bid committee for the 2008 Olympics offer a silent prayer in Osaka on Sept. 10 for Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Yushiro Yagi, who died Sept. 9 after collapsing in a sauna at an Osaka hotel. Yagi was to sit where the flowers are placed at a meeting to disband the bid committee following an International Olympic Committee decision in July to hold the games in Beijing.

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JOC president Yagi dies after collapsing in sauna

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Yushiro Yagi (file photo) died Sept. 9 after collapsing in a sauna at an Osaka hotel. He was 72. Yagi visited Osaka to attend a meeting Sept. 10 on the disbanding of the Osaka bid committee for the 2008 Olympics, following an International Olympic Committee decision in July to hold the games in Beijing.

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Hospitalized JOC president to give address at EAG opening

OSAKA, Japan - Yushiro Yagi (file photo), president of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) who was hospitalized late Friday night after saying he did not feel well, indicates May 19 that he plans to take part in the opening ceremony of the nine-day East Asian Games to kick off in Osaka later in the day.

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Yagi reelected JOC president

TOKYO, Japan - Yushiro Yagi speaks at a news conference March 22 following his reelection as president of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC). His election came after an exception was made to allow the 71-year-old incumbent to be chosen for another term. JOC bylaws state that candidates must be under the age of 70 to be elected to a JOC post.

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JOC head happy with Japan's performance at Sydney Olympics

SYDNEY, Australia - Sydney Olympics women's marathon champion Naoko Takahashi (R) and Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Yushiro Yagi (3rd from R) meet the press on Sept. 30. Yagi said he gives Japanese athletes a passing grade of 80 points out of 100 on the whole. Japan garnered five gold, eight silver and five bronze medals as of Sept. 29, surpassing its tally of 3-6-5 at the Atlanta Games four years ago. The Sydney Olympics are drawing to an end with the Oct. 1 closing ceremony after a 17-day run.

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JOC chief Yagi presented with bouquets

SYDNEY, Australia - Japanese Olympic Committee President Yushiro Yagi (R) is presented with bouquets by local elementary school children in a welcoming ceremony outside Sydney international airport on Sept. 9 after the Japanese delegates to the 2000 Olympic Games, headed by Yagi, arrived at the airport.

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JOC chief Yagi apologizes for racist remark

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Olympic Committee chief Yushiro Yagi (in this file photo) apologizes April 11 for offensive comments he made about African athletes after Kenyan and Ethiopian runners won the April 9 Nagano Marathon races. Yagi, who had said ''I can't stand losing out to blacks,'' explained his remark was ''in no way meant to be a racial slur and in no way reflect my own views or the views of the JOC.'' Kenyan runner Erik Wainaina won the men's marathon, while Elfenesh Alemu of Ethiopia won the women's version of the Nagano Olympic memorial event.

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Police raid JCO facilities over radiation leak

TOKAIMURA, Japan - Police search the nuclear fuel processing factory in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, of JOC Co. on Oct. 6 in connection with Japan's worst-ever nuclear accident Sept. 30. The search came ahead of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's arrival at the plant there.

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JCO president apologizes Tokaimura residents

TOKAIMURA, Japan - Hiroharu Kitani, president of JOC Co., operators of the uranium processing plant in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, scene of a major radiation leakage on Sept. 30, kneels in apology Oct. 2 morning at a community evacuation center in the village before Tokaimura residents who were forced to flee their homes after the contamination.

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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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JOC says 9 IOC members violated bid rules

Yushiro Yagi, secretary general of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) and chief of JOC's panel investigating Nagano's bid for the 1998 Winter Olympics, speaks at a news conference Feb. 12 after his panel worked out a report to be sent to the Geneva-based International Olympic Committee (IOC). He said the report will name nine IOC members who violated guidelines designed to limit excessive spending on bid activities.