IOC recognizes scandal-hit Japanese Olym...

TOKYO, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has recognized that president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, Tsunekazu Takeda, has resigned as an IOC member, Japan's public

Japan Olympics chief quits amid corrupti...

Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) chief Tsunekazu Takeda, who is under investigation for suspected corruption, said on Tuesday he will step down when his term ends in June and resign from the Internat

Japan's corruption-linked Olympic chief ...

TOKYO, March 19 (Xinhua) -- The president of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) Tsunekazu Takeda on Tuesday said he would resign from both that post and as a member of the International Olympic Com

Japan's corruption-linked Olympic chief ...

President of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) Tsunekazu Takeda is expected to announce his intention to resign from his post as early as Tuesday, Japan's public broadcaster NHK said Monday. Take

Japan's corruption-linked Olympic chief ...

TOKYO, March 18 (Xinhua) -- President of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) Tsunekazu Takeda is expected to announce his intention to resign from his post as early as Tuesday, Japan's public broadc

Japanese pharma Takeda to expand product...

TIANJIN, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda will invest 110 million yuan (16.4 million U.S. dollars) to extend its plant in Tianjin Municipality, the company has announced. T

(Sports) Japanese Olympic Committee pres...

TOKYO, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Tsunekazu Takeda, recently caught up in a bribery scandal and under investigation by French authorities, said Tuesday that he wil

Japanese Olympic Committee head denies b...

Japan's Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda attends a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 15, 2019. Takeda denied the corruption allegations related to winning bid of the 2020 Tokyo Olym