The (TOCOG) was the organisation responsible for overseeing the planning and development of the 2020 Summer Olympic and

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The Organising Committee was launched on 24 January 2014, and is composed of members of the

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, the Japanese Paralympic Committee, the

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, the Japanese government, as well as members of various other organisations and individuals from various fields. It was spearheaded by former

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Yoshirō Mori until his resignation in 2021, with Toshirō Mutō as Director General (

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) and former Prime Minister

Shinzō Abe Shinzo Abe (21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020. He was the longest-serving pri ...

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

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. On 18 February, seven-time Olympian and LDP lawmaker

Seiko Hashimoto is a Japanese politician, former speed skater and track cyclist. She has the most Olympic appearances of any Japanese athlete except Noriaki Kasai, representing her native country in four consecutive Winter Olympics from 1984 to 1994 and in ...

was introduced as the committee's new president. Hashimoto is the first woman to head the TOCOG and second woman to lead the Olympic Committee after Athens 2004 Olympic Committee chairperson

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. Prior to assuming the post of committee president, Hashimoto served on the Japanese Cabinet as

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for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. LDP lawmaker

Tamayo Marukawa Tamayo Marukawa (丸川珠代, ''Marukawa Tamayo'', born 19 January 1971) is a Japanese politician and former announcer of TV Asahi, who served as a member of the House of Councillors from 2007 to 2024. She is a member of the Liberal Democrat ...

was selected to succeed Hashimoto in the Cabinet role. The committee dissolved in June 2022.

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* {{Authority control 2020 Summer Olympics 2020 Summer Paralympics Organising Committees for the Olympic Games Organising Committees for the Paralympic Games 2014 establishments in Japan

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