Tokyo 2020 Appoints New Positions on Executive Board

The 34 members of Tokyo 2020’s Executive Board met yesterday to organise and finalise the appointment of new positions.

The meeting decided upon six newly appointed Vice-Presidents, a Director General and three Senior Executive Board Members. 

The members selected are as follows:

Vice Presidents

– Akio Toyoda, the President of Toyota,

– Yoshitaka Sakurada, Minister in Charge of Sports,
– Toshiyuki Akiyama, Vice Governor of Tokyo,
– Yasushi Yamawaki, Governing Board Member,

-Tsunekazu Takeda, President of the Japenese Olympic Committee

– Icharo Kono, President, Japan, Short Council

Director General

– Toshiro Muto, the Chief Executive Officer of Tokyo 2020

–  Hiroshi Sato, former Vice Governor of Toyko,
– Hirobumi Kawano, Vice President, Japanese Olympic Committee 
– Yukihiko Nunomura, Chief Operations Officer of Tokyo Games.

The new positions hope to lay out a solid foundation to ensure successful preparations and operations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Yoshiro Mori, President of the organising committee said: “Today’s meeting of the Executive Board enabled us to get off to the ideal start as the highest decision-making body of the organising committee. The Tokyo 2020 Games will serve as an exciting new target for the young people of Japan to strive towards and will provide a major boast for the whole of society.”