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Pre-Olympic events held in Beijing

BEIJING, China - With the 2008 Beijing Olympics set to open in one year, Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda (C) and the Japanese 2008 Olympic delegation leader Tomiaki Fukuda (R) join officials from other countries in planting a tree near the athletes' village now under construction in Beijing.

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Rio committee president Nuzman in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Carlos Nuzman (C), president of the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee, and Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda (2nd from L) visit the National Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2014, before the stadium is disassembled for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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IOC's Reedie enjoys 'hospitality' tour of Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - International Olympic Committee Vice President Craig Reedie (R) takes a rickshaw ride in Tokyo's historic Asakusa quarter with Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda on Oct. 11, 2014. Reedie attended an event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

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Event marking 50th anniv. of 1964 Tokyo Olympics starts

TOKYO, Japan - Current and retired athletes pose on the opening day of a weeklong event in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2014, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in the Japanese capital. From L: 2010 London Olympics middleweight boxing gold medalist Ryota Murata, Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda, artistic gymnastics legend Takashi Ono and 1992 Barcelona Paralympics swimming silver medalist Junichi Kawai.

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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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Meeting to discuss 2020 Olympic venue review

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda, Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe, Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori, and Hakubun Shimomura, minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, attend a meeting at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building on Sept. 1, 2014, to discuss issues including a review of the venue plans for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Pool photo)

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Japanese, French Olympic committees sign partnership

NANJING, China - Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda (C) poses for a photo after signing a partnership agreement with the French Olympic Committee on Aug. 16, 2014, in Nanjing, China.

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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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Tokyo Olympics organizers okay review of venue plans

TOKYO, Japan - Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games endorse Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe's decision to review venue plans at a meeting in Tokyo on June 12, 2014. From L: Tsunekazu Takeda, president of the Japan Olympic Committee; Masuzoe; Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the Games' organizing committee; and sports minister Hakubun Shimomura.

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Tokyo 2020 executive board meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Executive Board of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games - (from L) Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda, organizing committee president and former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, organizing committee honorary president and Canon Inc. Chairman Fujio Mitarai, and organizing committee chief executive officer and Daiwa Institute of Research Chairman Toshiro Muto - pose for photos after a meeting where all 34 members of the executive board met on March 26, 2014.

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Japan reception in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (L) and Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda chat during a reception at Japan House during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 10, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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IOC president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (L) and Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda hold a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2013.

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IOC president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (L) and Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda exchange words at a reception in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2013.

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IOC president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (L) claps as Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda raises his glass in a toast at a reception in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2013.

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IOC president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) John Coates, chairman of the Coordination Commission for the Tokyo Games at the International Olympic Committee, IOC President Thomas Bach and Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda shake hands after their press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2013.

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IOC president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) John Coates, chairman of the Coordination Commission for the Tokyo Games at the International Olympic Committee, IOC President Thomas Bach and Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda hold a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2013.

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IOC president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (L), Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose (2nd from R) and Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda (R) meet in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2013.

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IOC's Felli in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Gilbert Felli (L), the International Olympic Committee's executive director for the Olympic Games, shakes hands with Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2013.

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IOC's Felli in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Gilbert Felli (L), the International Olympic Committee's executive director for the Olympic Games, and Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda attend a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2013.

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Tokyo Olympic seminar

TOKYO, Japan - Gilbert Felli (R), the executive director for the Olympic Games at the International Olympic Committee, and Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda exchange words during an orientation seminar in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2013. An IOC team led by Felli arrived in Japan the previous day for the first time since Tokyo won the 2020 Olympic bid in Buenos Aires two months ago.

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IOC team in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Gilbert Felli (L), the International Olympic Committee's executive director for the Olympic Games, is greeted by Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda after arriving at the Ajinomoto National Training Center in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2013. An IOC team led by Felli will hold an orientation seminar for Japanese organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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IOC team in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Gilbert Felli (L), the International Olympic Committee's executive director for the Olympic Games, shakes hands with Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda after arriving at the Ajinomoto National Training Center in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2013. An IOC team led by Felli will hold an orientation seminar for Japanese organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from L), Tsunekazu Takeda, president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Bid Committee (5th from L), Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose and other people pose for photos with International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge (4th from L) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Sept. 7, 2013, after the Japanese capital was selected to host the 2020 Summer Olympics beating other candidate cities Istanbul and Madrid.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - (From L) Olympic silver medal-winning fencer Yuki Ota, newscaster Christel Takigawa, Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose, Tsunekazu Takeda, president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Bid Committee, Masato Mizuno, CEO of the committee, and Mami Sato, a Paralympian in athletics, are seen at a press conference in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013, after Tokyo was chosen as the host city for the Olympic and Paralympic Games at the International Olympic Committee's general session, in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013, beating Istanbul and Madrid.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - (From L) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, Tokyo bid chief Tsunekazu Takeda and Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose are seen at a signing ceremony in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013, after Tokyo was chosen as the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics at the International Olympic Committee's general session.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - (From L) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, Tokyo bid chief Tsunekazu Takeda and Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose attend a signing ceremony in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013, after Tokyo was chosen as the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics at the IOC's general session.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - (From L) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, Tokyo bid chief Tsunekazu Takeda and Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose attend a signing ceremony in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013, after Tokyo was chosen as the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics at the IOC's general session.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) chat as Tokyo bid chief Tsunekazu Takeda (R) signs the host city contract at a signing ceremony in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013, after Tokyo was chosen as the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics at the IOC's general session.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) answers a question on the contaminated water issue at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in Tokyo's final presentation for its bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics at the International Olympic Committee's general session in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013. To the right is Tokyo bid chief and Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda. Tokyo was chosen as the host city later by the committee.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Tokyo bid chief and Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda delivers a presentation for the bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics at the International Olympic Committee's general session in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013. Tokyo was chosen as the host city later by the committee.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Tokyo bid chief and Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda delivers a presentation for the bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics at the International Olympic Committee's general session in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013. Tokyo was chosen as the host city later by the committee.

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Tokyo's Olympic bid chief

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Tsunekazu Takeda (R), president of the Japanese Olympic Committee and chief of Tokyo's Olympic bid committee, and Fujio Cho, president of the Japan Sports Association and honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., end a press conference in Buenos Aires on Sept. 4, 2013, three days before a ballot by the International Olympic Committee to select the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Tokyo is vying against Madrid and Istanbul.

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Tokyo's Olympic bid chief

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Tsunekazu Takeda (R), president of the Japanese Olympic Committee and chief of Tokyo's Olympic bid committee, and Fujio Cho, president of the Japan Sports Association and honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., hold a press conference in Buenos Aires on Sept. 4, 2013, three days before a ballot by the International Olympic Committee to select the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Tokyo is vying against Madrid and Istanbul.

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Tokyo's Olympic bid chief

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Tsunekazu Takeda (R), president of the Japanese Olympic Committee and chief of Tokyo's Olympic bid committee, and Fujio Cho, president of the Japan Sports Association and honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., hold a press conference in Buenos Aires on Sept. 4, 2013, three days before a ballot by the International Olympic Committee to select the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Tokyo is vying against Madrid and Istanbul.

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Tokyo's Olympic bid chief

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Tsunekazu Takeda, president of the Japanese Olympic Committee and chief of Tokyo's Olympic bid committee, holds a press conference in Buenos Aires on Sept. 4, 2013, three days before a ballot by the International Olympic Committee to select the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Tokyo is vying against Madrid and Istanbul.

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Tokyo's Olympic bid chief

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Tsunekazu Takeda, president of the Japanese Olympic Committee and chief of Tokyo's Olympic bid committee, holds a press conference in Buenos Aires on Sept. 4, 2013, three days before a ballot by the International Olympic Committee to select the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Tokyo is vying against Madrid and Istanbul.

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Tokyo's Olympic bid chief

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Tsunekazu Takeda (R), president of the Japanese Olympic Committee and chief of Tokyo's Olympic bid committee, and Fujio Cho, president of the Japan Sports Association and honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., hold a press conference in Buenos Aires on Sept. 4, 2013, three days before a ballot by the International Olympic Committee to select the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Tokyo is vying against Madrid and Istanbul.

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Tokyo's Olympic bid chief

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Tsunekazu Takeda, president of the Japanese Olympic Committee and chief of Tokyo's Olympic bid committee, holds a press conference in Buenos Aires on Sept. 4, 2013, three days before a ballot by the International Olympic Committee to select the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Tokyo is vying against Madrid and Istanbul.

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Tokyo's Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Tsunekazu Takeda, the chairman of Tokyo's 2020 Olympic Bid Committee, speaks to reporters upon arrival at Buenos Aires airport in Argentina on Aug. 30, 2013, ahead of the International Olympic Committee general meeting there on Sept. 7 that will decide the host city for 2020.

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Tokyo gets high marks in IOC Evaluation Commission report

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Masato Mizuno, CEO of the Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee, Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose and Tokyo bid chief Tsunekazu Takeda, head of the Japanese Olympic Committee, pose after a press conference at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on June 25, 2013. The International Olympic Committee released its 2020 Evaluation Commission report earlier the same day, giving Tokyo high marks for its proposal for a compact Games.

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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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IOC's Reedie leaves Japan

NARITA, Japan - Craig Reedie (C), chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Commission, leaves Narita airport near Tokyo on March 8, 2013, wrapping up a four-day visit to evaluate Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. To the right is Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda.

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IOC evaluates Tokyo's bid

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose, Craig Reedie, who heads the International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Committee, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda pose for photos prior to attending a banquet at the State Guest House in Tokyo on March 6, 2013. Craig was visiting Japan with other members of the committee to evaluate the Japanese capital's bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. (Pool photo)

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IOC evaluates Tokyo's bid

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Craig Reedie (R), who heads the International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Committee, shake hands prior to attending a banquet at the State Guest House in Tokyo on March 6, 2013. In the center is Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda. Craig was visiting Japan with other members of the committee to evaluate the Japanese capital's bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. (Pool photo)

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IOC evaluates Tokyo's bid

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda (3rd from front) attends the third day of presentations March 6, 2013, of Tokyo's candidature file to the International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Committee at a hotel in the Japanese capital.

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IOC arrives for Tokyo 2020 inspection

NARITA, Japan - Craig Reedie (C), vice president of the International Olympic Committee who heads the IOC's Evaluation Commission, arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on March 1, 2013, for an on-site inspection of Tokyo's bid for the 2020 Games. To the left is Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda.

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IOC arrives for Tokyo 2020 inspection

NARITA, Japan - Craig Reedie (C), vice president of the International Olympic Committee and head of the IOC's Evaluation Commission, arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on March 1, 2013, for an on-site inspection of Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Games. To the right is Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda.

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IOC arrives for Tokyo 2020 inspection

NARITA, Japan - Craig Reedie (2nd from L), vice president of the International Olympic Committee and head of the IOC's Evaluation Commission, is greeted by Japanese elementary school children as he arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on March 1, 2013, for an on-site inspection of Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Games. To the left is Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda.

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Tokyo's Olympics bid

LONDON, Britain - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose (C) holds a press conference in London on Jan. 10, 2013, to make a pitch for the Japanese capital's bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. At left is Japan Olympic Committee Chairman Tsunekazu Takeda and at right is Japan women's soccer star Homare Sawa.