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Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games

The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (公益こうえき財団ざいだん法人ほうじん東京とうきょうオリンピック・パラリンピック競技きょうぎ大会たいかい組織そしき委員いいん会かい, Koueki Zaidanhōjin Tōkyō Orinpikku Pararinpikku Kyōgitaikai Soshiki Iinkai) (TOCOG) was the organisation responsible for overseeing the planning and development of the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.[1]

Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
TypeCompany limited by guarantee
HeadquartersTokyo
President
Seiko Hashimoto
Websitetokyo2020.org/en/

History edit

The Organising Committee was launched on 24 January 2014, and is composed of members of the Japanese Olympic Committee, the Japanese Paralympic Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the Japanese government, as well as members of various other organisations and individuals from various fields. It was spearheaded by former Prime Minister Yoshirō Mori until his resignation in 2021, with Toshirō Mutō as Director General (CEO) and former Prime Minister Shinzō Abe as its Supreme Advisor.

Mori offered his resignation as head of the committee on 12 February 2021 following remarks he made during a meeting the previous week that were regarded as sexist.[2] On 18 February, seven-time Olympian and LDP lawmaker Seiko Hashimoto was introduced as the committee's new president.[3] Hashimoto is the first woman to head the TOCOG and second woman to lead the Olympic Committee after Athens 2004 Olympic Committee chairperson Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki.

Prior to assuming the post of committee president, Hashimoto served on the Japanese Cabinet as Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. LDP lawmaker Tamayo Marukawa was selected to succeed Hashimoto in the Cabinet role.[3]

The committee dissolved in June 2022.[4]

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References edit

  1. ^ Harada, Munehiko (9 September 2013). "秘策ひさくで決きめた 東京とうきょう五輪ごりん招致しょうち オールジャパン戦略せんりゃくで世界せかいに実力じつりょくを". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Tokyo Olympics head quits over sexism row with no successor in sight". Kyodo News. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Female ex-Olympic athlete Hashimoto takes over as Tokyo Games chief". english.kyodonews.net. Kyodo News. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  4. ^ Pavitt, Michael (24 March 2022). "Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee to dissolve and confirm final Games cost in June". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 24 March 2022.

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