Japanese Olympic Committee

Japanese Olympic Association

Japanese Olympic Association logo

Japanese Olympic Association logo
Country/Region  Japan
Code JPN
Created 1911
Recognized 1912
Continental
Association		 OCA
Headquarters Tokyo, Japan
President Tsunekazu Takeda
Secretary General Eisuke Hiraok
Website www.joc.or.jp

The Japanese Olympic Association (JOA, Japanese: 日本オリンピック委員会) (Romaji: Nippon Orinpikku Iinkai) (formerly Japanese Olympic Committee) is the national Olympic committee in Japan for the Olympic Games movement, based in Tokyo, Japan. It is a non-profit organisation that selects teams and raises funds to send Japanese competitors to Olympic events organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The Japanese Olympic Association has helped organise every bid for an Olympic Games by a Japanese city to date. Japan has held the Olympic Games three times: the Summer Olympics once (1964 Summer Olympic Games, Tokyo) and the Winter Olympics twice (1972 Winter Olympics, Sapporo, and the 1998 Winter Olympic Games, Nagano). Japan will be hosting its fourth Olympic Games and the second Summer Olympics in 2020, also in Tokyo.

Presidents

No. Years Name
1 1911–1921 Kanō Jigorō
2 1921–1933 Seiichi Kishi
3 1936–1937 Matahiko Oshima
4 1937–1942 Hirishi Shimomura
5 1945–1946 Ryōzō Hiramuma
6 1947–1958 Ryotaro Azuma
7 1959–1962 Jyuichi Tsushima
8 1962–1969 Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda
9 1969–1973 Hanji Aoki
10 1973–1977 Seiji Tabata
11 1977–1989 Katsuzi Shibata
12 1989–1990 Yoshiaki Tsutsumi
13 1990–1999 Hironoshin Furuhashi
14 1999–2001 Yushirō Yagi
15 2001– Tsunekazu Takeda

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