Japanese Olympic Committee

The Japanese Olympic Committee ( Japanese 日本 オ リ ン ピ ッ ク 委員会 , Nippon orimpikku iinkai ; English Japanese Olympic Committee , JOC for short ; French Comité Olympique Japonais ) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC / CNO) of Japan and a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC / CIO). It has been organized as an independent foundation ( zaidan-hōjin ) since 1989 under the supervision of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology .

The seat of the Olympic Committee is the Kishi Kinen Taiiku Kaikan (" Kishi Memorial Sports House") in Tokyo 's Jinnan district in Shibuya , Tokyo Prefecture ; the Nihon Taiiku Kyōkai and numerous national associations in individual sports have their headquarters there.

history

The Japanese Olympic Committee was part of the Japanese Sports Confederation for a long time before it was spun off as an independent structure: The first forerunner was the "Greater Japan Sports Association", Dai-Nippon Taiiku Kyōkai ( 大 日本 体育 協会 , English Japan Amateur Sports Association , JASA for short), founded in 1911 ), which was approved as a foundation ( zaidan-hōjin ) in 1927 . In 1942 it was reorganized as Dai-Nippon Taiikukai ( 大 日本 体育 会 ) and absorbed the organizational structures of the member associations. After the end of the Pacific War, the independence of the disciplinary associations was restored in 1948, the organization was given its current name as the "Japanese Sports Association", Nihon Taiiku Kyōkai ( 日本 体育 協会 , also Japan Amateur Sports Association , since 2005 Japan Sports Association ). In preparation for the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the legal basis for an independent organizational structure for the Olympic Committee was created in 1961. In 1989 the independent foundation was finally approved in its current form.

Members

Around 50 national Japanese associations in individual sports, including some non-Olympic sports, are members of the Japanese Olympic Committee. With a few exceptions (amateur baseball, squash, etc.) they are also members of the Japanese Sports Association.

Logos

The main logo of the Nippon Olympic Iinkai has consisted of the Olympic rings under the flag of Japan (which was not yet legally established at the time) since 1962 , a second emblem, introduced in 1993, consists of a stylized Japanese flag, the Latin word JAPAN and the Olympic rings.

President of the Japanese Olympic Committee

Presidents of the Dai-Nippon Taiiku Kyōkai and their successors:

• Kanō Jigorō , Jūdō pioneer, 1911–1921
• Kishi Seiichi , 1921-1933
• Lieutenant General Ōshima Matahiko , 1936–1937
• Shimomura Hiroshi , Member of the Manor , 1937–1942
• Hiranuma Ryōzō , President of the Japanese Gymnastics Federation, 1945–1946
• Azuma Ryōtarō (later Governor of Tokyo Prefecture and President of the Japanese Ski Federation), 1947-1958
• Tsushima Juichi , member of the council house and president of the Japanese Go Association , 1959–1962

Independent presidents of the Nippon Olympic Iinkai:

• (formerly: Prince, Lieutenant Colonel of the Army) Takeda Tsuneyoshi , 1962–1969
• Aoki Hanji (later President of the Japanese Sports Confederation and the Japanese Athletics Federation), 1969–1973
• Tabata Masaji , President of the Japanese Swimming Federation, 1973–1977
• Shibata Katsuji , former boxer, 1977-1989

President of the Nippon Olympic Iinkai as an independent foundation:

• Tsutsumi Yoshiaki , President of the Japanese Ski Association and Chairman of Seibu Tetsudō , 1989–1990
• Furuhashi Hironoshin , President of Japan Swimming Federation, 1990–1999
• Yagi Yūshirō , Japanese Ski Association, 1999–2001
• Takeda Tsunekazu , rider and son of (Prince) Takeda, 2001–

Web links

• Official website (Japanese, parts of English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ JOC 年表
2. ↑ JOC の マ ー ク