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Tokyo 2016 Bid Officially Incorporated

It was announced March 5 that Tokyo 2016 has been officially incorporated as a non-profit corporation, at the Session and Executive Board meeting held March 5 attended by President Shintaro Ishihara and Vice-President Tsunekazu Takeda, and the other 12 Executive Board members.

President Ishihara said at the meeting “the procedures for the formally establishing the non-profit corporation have been completed providing the set up that we need in order to work towards the Olympic bid in a strategic and effective manner. This is the opportunity to take a big step forward, bringing the combined wisdom of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the JOC (Japanese Olympic Committee), the Japanese government, and private sector enterprises together with broad-ranging support from the people of Japan to make the Tokyo Olympic Games a reality”.

To celebrate the incorporation of Tokyo’s 2016 bid as a specified non-profit corporation the bid committee held a reception in the ballroom of the Tokyo Prince Hotel.

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