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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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Political fundraising scandals

Former Japanese Olympic minister Seiko Hashimoto heads to a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2023, amid a series of political fundraising scandals allegedly involving her and other Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers belonging to the party faction previously led by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Political fundraising scandals

Former Japanese Olympic minister Seiko Hashimoto attends a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2023, amid a series of political fundraising scandals allegedly involving her and other Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers belonging to the party faction previously led by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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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.

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Japan Olympic delegation head

SOCHI, Russia - Seiko Hashimoto, Japan delegation head of the Sochi Olympics, holds a press conference in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 2, 2014.

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Japan Olympic delegation head

SOCHI, Russia - Seiko Hashimoto, Japan delegation head of the Sochi Olympics, holds a press conference in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 2, 2014.

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Japanese athletes to enter Olympic Village

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese athletes and officials, led by Seiko Hashimoto (2nd from L), head of Japan's delegation to the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, walk to a ceremony marking the entry of teams into the Olympic Village in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 2, 2014.

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Japanese athletes at ceremony for Olympic Village entry

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese athletes and officials pose for photos on the stage at a ceremony for their entry into the Olympic Village in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 2, 2104. From left to right in the front row are women speed skaters Miyako Sumiyoshi, Misaki Oshigiri, Nana Takagi and Ayaka Kikuchi. Seiko Hashimoto, head of the Japanese delegation to the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, stands third from right in the top row.

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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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Japan delegation head Hashimoto at Sochi closing ceremony

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's chef de mission for the Sochi Games Seiko Hashimoto (lower C) marches with the Japanese delegation in the closing ceremony for the Winter Olympics at Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 23, 2014.

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Japan Olympic team chief Hashimoto meets press

SOCHI, Russia - Seiko Hashimoto, Japan's Chef de Mission at the Sochi Winter Olympics, speaks at a press conference on Feb. 23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia.

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Japan Olympic team chief Hashimoto

SOCHI, Russia - Seiko Hashimoto, head of the Japanese delegation to the 2014 Winter Olympics, gives an interview in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 21, 2014.

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Japan Olympic team chief Hashimoto

SOCHI, Russia - Seiko Hashimoto, head of the Japanese delegation to the 2014 Winter Olympics, gives an interview in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 21, 2014.

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Japanese PM Abe at figure skating team event

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) joins Japan's chef de mission for the Sochi Games Seiko Hashimoto (R) to observe the figure skating team event at the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 8, 2014.

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Volunteers at Sochi Olympics

SOCHI, Russia - Sochi Olympics volunteers pose behind a transparent board bearing signatures, including those of Olympic Village Mayor Elena Isinbaeva and Seiko Hashimoto, head of the Japanese delegation to the Winter Games, at the Olympic Village in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 5, 2014.

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Senior lawmaker announces pregnancy

TOKYO, Japan - Seiko Noda (R), a senior lawmaker of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, hugs LDP lawmaker Seiko Hashimoto during a fundraising party for Noda in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2010. The former postal minister officially announced she is pregnant as she turned 50 the same day.

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Japanese athletes return home from Vancouver

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese athletes who won medals at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, attend a press conference with Japan delegation head Seiko Hashimoto (4th from L) at a Tokyo hotel after returning home from Vancouver on March 2, 2010.

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Japanese athletes return home from Vancouver

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada (C), who won the silver medal in the women's figure skating at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, and Daisuke Takahashi (L), who won the bronze in the men's figure skating, attend a press conference with Japan delegation head Seiko Hashimoto at a Tokyo hotel after returning home from Vancouver on March 2, 2010.

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Japanese athletes return home from Vancouver

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada (L), who won the silver medal in the women's figure skating at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, attends a press conference with Japan delegation head Seiko Hashimoto at a Tokyo hotel after returning home from Vancouver on March 2, 2010.

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Japanese athletes return home from Vancouver

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada (C), who won the silver medal in the women's figure skating at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, and Daisuke Takahashi (L), who won the bronze in the men's figure skating, attend a press conference with Japan delegation head Seiko Hashimoto at a Tokyo hotel after returning home from Vancouver on March 2, 2010.

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Japan chief sums up Olympians' performance

VANCOUVER, Canada - Seiko Hashimoto, chief of the Japanese Olympic team, attends a press conference to wrap up the Winter Games in Vancouver on Feb. 28, 2010. Hashimoto, with her thumbnail decorated with the national flag, sounded satisfied with the medal count overall but added, ''We would have liked a gold though.''

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Japan delegation chief pleased with effort in Vancouver

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japanese Olympic delegation head Seiko Hashimoto speaks at a news conference in Vancouver, Canada, on Feb. 28, 2010, the last day of the 17-day Winter Olympics. Hashimoto praised the efforts of Japanese athletes for winning five medals.

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Japan's sivler medalist skaters speak at press conference

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japanese Olympic delegation head Seiko Hashimoto (2nd from L) and the members of Japan's women's speed skating team pursuit -- (L to R) Nao Kodaira, Maki Tabata and Masako Hozumi -- display their silver medals during a press conference in Vancouver, Canada, on Feb. 28, 2010, the day after the event at Winter Olympic Games.

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Vancouver Olympics open with ceremony

VANCOUVER, Canada - Flag bearer Tomomi Okazaki (R) of Japan and Seiko Hashimoto (L), the head of Japan's Vancouver Winter Olympic delegation, march in during the opening ceremony for the Vancouver Winter Olympics at BC Place in Vancouver on Feb. 12, 2010.

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Kokubo barred from Games opening ceremony over dress code

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japanese snowboarder Kazuhiro Kokubo (R) ponders for a moment during a news conference in Vancouver on Feb. 12, 2010, in which he and Seiko Hashimoto (L), the head of Japan's Vancouver Winter Olympic delegation, apologized after the delegation decided to bar him from the opening ceremony of the Games for flouting the Olympic dress code. The 21-year-old, who will still take part in the halfpipe events, was seen at Tokyo's Narita airport with his tie loosened and his shirt hanging out of his trousers, which he wore low down off his hips.

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Kokubo barred from Games opening ceremony over dress code

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japanese snowboarder Kazuhiro Kokubo (R) and Seiko Hashimoto, the head of Japan's Vancouver Winter Olympic delegation, bow in apology at the start of a news conference in Vancouver on Feb. 12, 2010, after the delegation decided to bar him from the opening ceremony of the Games for flouting the Olympic dress code. The 21-year-old, who will still take part in the halfpipe events, was seen at Tokyo's Narita airport with his tie loosened and his shirt hanging out of his trousers, which he wore low down off his hips.

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Japan welcomed to Olympic athletes village

VANCOUVER, Canada - Native Canadians dressed in their traditional attire perform at the ceremony to formally welcome the Japanese delegation to the athletes' village for the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver on Feb. 10, 2010. Japanese delegation head and seven-time Olympian Seiko Hashimoto and 30 athletes attended the ceremony, which was dampened by steady rain at the village site.

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Speed skater Okazaki hoping to rebound from Turin heartache

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Tomomi Okazaki (L), a speed skater and Japan's flag bearer for the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games, and Seiko Hashimoto, who will head the Japanese delegation to the Olympics, attend a send-off party in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2010.

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Japanese Winter Olympic delegation launched

TOKYO, Japan - Seiko Hashimoto(L), head of the Japanese delegation for the Vancouver Winger Olympic Games, speed skater Tomomi Okazaki (C), Japan flag bearer at the Olympics, and ski jumper and Japan captain Takanobu Okabe pose during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2010, after a ceremony to officially launch the delegation.

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Japanese Winter Olympic delegation launched

TOKYO, Japan - Takanobu Okabe (C), a ski jumper and Japan captain for the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games, speaks at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2010, with Seiko Hashimoto (L), head of the Japanese delegation for the Olympics, and speed skater and Japan's flag bearer Tomomi Okazaki listening to him. Earlier in the day, a ceremony to officially launch the delegation took place.

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Japanese vice foreign minister Hashimoto visits Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Japan's State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Seiko Hashimoto (L) holds talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (R) in Baghdad on Dec. 21 -- the first visit to Iraq by a high-ranking Japanese official since then Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari visited the country in June.

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Hashimoto chosen as president of Japan Skating Federation

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic speed skate medalist Seiko Hashimoto speaks after being chosen as president of the scandal-tainted Japan Skating Federation at a Tokyo hotel June 18. Hashimoto, a member of the House of Councillors, will assume the post July 1 as the first Olympic medalist to head an Olympic event organization in Japan.

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Hashimoto chosen as president of Japan Skating Federation

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic speed skate medalist Seiko Hashimoto speaks at a news conference June 18 in Tokyo after being chosen as president of the scandal-tainted Japan Skating Federation.

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(SP)JAPAN-TOKYO-OLYMPIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE-DISSOVLED

(220621) -- TOKYO, June 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- President of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) Hashimoto Seiko speaks during the press conference following the last Tokyo 2020 Executive Board meeting in Tokyo, Japan, June 21, 2022. The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee will be dissolved on June 30 after having the last board meeting here on Tuesday. (Tokyo Metropolitan Government/Handout via Xinhua)

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(SP)JAPAN-TOKYO-OLYMPIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE-DISSOVLED

(220621) -- TOKYO, June 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- President of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) Hashimoto Seiko (C) speaks during the last Tokyo 2020 Executive Board meeting in Tokyo, Japan, June 21, 2022. The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee will be dissolved on June 30 after having the last board meeting here on Tuesday. (Tokyo Metropolitan Government/Handout via Xinhua)

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Tokyo Olympic organizing committee chief Hashimoto

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, speaks at a board meeting of the committee in Tokyo on June 21, 2022.

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Tokyo Olympic organizing committee chief Hashimoto

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, speaks at a board meeting of the committee in Tokyo on June 21, 2022.

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Cauldron for Tokyo Olympics

Seiko Hashimoto (L), president of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, and its CEO Toshiro Muto wave to reporters at the National Stadium in Tokyo on April 25, 2022, when they visited to see the cauldron for the Tokyo Games held the previous year.

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Cauldron for Tokyo Olympics

Seiko Hashimoto (L), president of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, and its CEO Toshiro Muto visit the National Stadium in Tokyo on April 25, 2022, to see the cauldron for the Tokyo Games held the previous year.

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Japan not to send gov't officials to Beijing Olympics

Combined file photo shows (from L) Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, Yasuhiro Yamashita, head of the Japanese Olympic Committee, and Kazuyuki Mori, head of the Japanese Paralympic Committee. Japan plans to send the three to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics while refraining from sending a government delegation to the games, a decision seen as in line with a U.S.-led diplomatic boycott of the sporting spectacle over China's human rights record.

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Cost of hosting Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, speaks at a meeting of the committee's board of directors in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2021. The cost of hosting the Tokyo Games is expected to total 1.45 trillion yen ($12.7 billion), the committee said. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo Olympic chief "proud" of hosting games despite pandemic

The president of the Tokyo Games organizing committee said Monday she is "proud" of Japan having hosted the Olympics and Paralympics despite challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at a press conference a day after the closing of the Paralympics, Seiko Hashimoto said the organizers held the Tokyo Games after a one-year postponement without major problems and with an emphasis on the safety of all participants and the Japanese public.

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Tokyo Paralympics: IPC, organizing committee heads

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, and International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons attend a press conference at the main press center for the Tokyo Paralympics on Sept. 5, 2021, ahead of the games' closing ceremony later in the day.

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Day after closing ceremony of Tokyo Paralympics

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 6, 2021, a day after the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games, wearing a mask for protection against the coronavirus.

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Day after closing ceremony of Tokyo Paralympics

Seiko Hashimoto (L), president of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, and Toshiro Muto, CEO of the committee, attend a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 6, 2021, a day after the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games, wearing masks for protection against the coronavirus.