, a former Vice Minister of the Japanese Ministry of Home Affairs, served as the Director General of the Nagano Olympic Organizing Committee (NAOC) for the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...

and

Paralympics The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired ...

(NAPOC) which were held in Nagano,

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. Beginning in April 1996, Kobayashi held monthly press conferences to update the public on progress towards the Games. During the 107th IOC Session on February 2, 1998, Kobayashi acted as master of ceremonies. In the lead up to the 1998 Games, among other duties, Kobayashi represented the NAOC on the Olympic Technology Working Group, which met to resolve contract issues between the NAOC and IBM. In his role as Director General of the Games, Kobayashi also served as Chief of Operations.

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