Japan to set up sports agency ahead of 2020 Olympics

Saburo Kawabuchi, 78, top adviser of the Japan Football Association, is among the possible candidate

Sounds like he'll bring lots of energy to the job and demand an exceedingly high salary from the tax payer's purse.

Why don't they simply elect an ex Olympian (or high level sports person who has retired) into the top position?

Saburo Kawabuchi, 78

Sjeesh, surely there must be some younger candidates.

You can help but understand why there are fewer and fewer young people, they have no voice, no authority, and no representation.

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Saburo Kawabuchi played soccer in the 1964 Olympics.

serendipitous......cheers.

only doing this now, they should have done it the day after they won the bid. 5yrs is not much time to get your top athletes to peak at there home Olympics