Japanese Olympic Committee
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The Japanese Olympic Committee has helped organise every bid for an Olympic Games by a Japanese city to date. Japan has held the Olympic Games four times: the Summer Olympics twice (1964 Summer Olympic Games and the 2020 Summer Olympics, both in Tokyo) and the Winter Olympics twice (the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo and the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano).
Presidents
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Executive committee
The committee of the JOC is represented by:
- President: Yasuhiro Yamashita
- Vice Presidents: Eisuke Hiraoka, Yasuo Saito
- Secretary General: Eisuke Hiraoka
- Senior Members: Kiichiro Matsumaru, Kohzo Tashima, Tsuyoshi Fukui, Tetsuro Hibino
- Members: Yuko Arakida, Masatoshi Ito, Koji Ueno, Shin-ichiro Otsuka, Mitsugi Ogata, Takahiro Kitano, Akira Kokaze, Mikako Kotani, Haruka Saito, Noriyuki Sakamoto, Yuji Takada, Naoko Takahashi, Mitsuo Tsukahara, Hiroo Nobata, Yosuke Fujiwara, Ichiro Hoshino, Kazufumi Minami, Keisuke Muratsu, Koji Murofushi, Kaori Yamaguchi
- Auditors: Mitsutaka Kurokawa, Shigemitsu Sakuma, Toshihisa Nagur
Notable former members
- Tsutomu Kawabuchi: member of the IIHF Hall of Fame
Member federations
Japan National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 34 Olympic Summer and 6 Winter Sport Federations in Japan.