Japanese Olympic Committee
The 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.
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 and the Winter Olympics twice.
Presidents
Executive committee
The committee of the JOC is represented by:- President: Seiko Hashimoto
- 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