The Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) is the National Olympic Committee for Japan, founded in 1911 as Japan's first modern sports governing body and headquartered in Tokyo, making it the oldest National Olympic Committee in Asia. It selects and fields Japan's Olympic team, oversees dozens of affiliated national sport federations, and organized Japan's participation around the 1964 and 2020 (held in 2021) Summer Olympics hosted in Tokyo.
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Body TypeNational Olympic Committee 1 Headquarters Partially Attested
FoundersSource names Kano as first president and says he founded the body with unnamed others Body Type
Body Type (category)National Olympic Committee 1 Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC)
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What body did Japan's Olympic committee begin as in 1911?
The committee began in 1911 as the Japan Amateur Sports Association, founded by Jigoro Kano and others.
The committee began in July 1911 as the Japan Amateur Sports Association, founded by Jigoro Kano and others to serve as Japan's National Olympic Committee. Kano was its first president and had joined the International Olympic Committee in May 1909. In July 1912 Japan first competed at the Olympic Games, at Stockholm, with a delegation of four that included Kano as chef de mission.
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Source Japanese Olympic Committee (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1Quote, Lead sentence 1
The Japanese Olympic Committee (日本オリンピック委員会, Nippon Orinpikku Iinkai; JOC) is the National Olympic Committee in Japan for the Olympic Games movement, based in Tokyo, Japan.
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is the National Olympic Committee in Japan for the Olympic Games movement
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1911
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Tokyo, Japan
Governs: Olympic Sports, lead sentence, states the committee role in the Olympic movement
The Japanese Olympic Committee (日本オリンピック委員会, Nippon Orinpikku Iinkai; JOC) is the National Olympic Committee in Japan for the Olympic Games movement, based in Tokyo, Japan.
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Kano and others found the Japan Amateur Sports Association as Japan's National Olympic Committee (NOC)
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WikipediaAssociated With: All Japan Judo Federation, Lead paragraphQuote, Associated With: All Japan Judo Federation, Lead paragraph
and the official representative for judo in the Japanese Olympic Committee.
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