Chairman of Yamashita, who is expected to assume IOC

Mr. Yamashita, President of IOC, “Dedicated to the success of the Olympics” December 6, 19:27

IOC = Yoshihiro Yamashita, chairman of the JOC = Japan Olympic Committee, who is expected to take office as a member of the International Olympic Committee next month, expressed his ambition to “do the best to make the Olympics a success” It was.

JOC President Yamashita will be nominated as a member of the IOC Executive Board in Lausanne, Switzerland, as an IOC member with the right to vote for the host city of the Olympics. It will be chosen.

In response to this, Chairman Yamashita told the interview in Tokyo on the afternoon of the 6th, “It is not decided, but to become a IOC member who can meet the expectations of those who have studied and pushed well. I think that the best part is to do everything to make the Olympics a success, ”he said.

On top of that, when IOC members from the Judo world in Japan were asked about what became the founder of Kodokan Judo, Jigoro Kano, “Kano-sensei is very big in me. What do you think of Kano-sensei? I want to understand and practice that spirit well. "