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Yomiuri Shimbun
01-08-2025
- Sport
- Yomiuri Shimbun
273 Japanese Athletes to Compete in Deaflympics in November; Event to Be Held in Japan for 1st Time
A record number of Japanese athletes will participate in the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics in November, it was announced on Thursday. A record 273 athletes – 160 male and 113 female – will compete in all 21 sports during the Deaflympics, an international event for athletes that have hearing impairments. This is the first time for Japan to host the event. Takumi Matsumoto, who will play on the men's soccer team, and Ryo Ogura, who will compete in women's karate, have been chosen as flag bearers. At a press conference in Tokyo, Matsumoto, who will compete in the event for the fourth time, said: 'I want to lead the Japanese team with determination, pride and responsibility.' Ogura, who won gold medals at the previous Games, said, 'I want to repay my gratitude by getting the best result.' The uniform, created in collaboration with Japanese Olympic Committee and others, shares the same design concepts as those worn by Japan's national team at the Paris Olympics and Paralympics. Japan aims to surpass the previous record of 30 medals that the nation won during the previous Deaflympics.
Qatar Tribune
28-07-2025
- Sport
- Qatar Tribune
QOC President meets senior sports officials on sidelines of World Aquatics
H.E. Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, President of the Qatar Olympic Committee and Senior Vice President of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), on Monday met with Ms. Seiko Hashimoto, President of the Japanese Olympic Committee, H.H. Prince Fahd bin Jalawi, Vice President of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Otabek Umarov, First Vice President of the Uzbek Olympic Committee, in separate meetings held on the sidelines of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. The meetings focused on ways to enhance sporting cooperation between the Qatar Olympic Committee and its counterparts in Japan, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan. They also included an exchange of views on key issues currently facing the Asian sports landscape, particularly in the areas of athlete development, capacity building, and the exchange of technical and administrative expertise. The discussions also addressed the ongoing preparations for the upcoming Asian Games in Nagoya 2026 and the Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh 2025, highlighting opportunities for joint cooperation to ensure the successful organization of both events in alignment with the aspirations of the Asian sporting movement. These meetings form part of a broader series of bilateral engagements led by H.E. Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani with leaders of the Olympic movement across the continent. They aim to foster stronger ties and knowledge-sharing among National Olympic Committees and contribute to the continued growth and development of sport in Asia at both regional and international levels.
Qatar Tribune
28-07-2025
- Sport
- Qatar Tribune
QOC president meets several sports officials on margins of World Aquatics Championships
President of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) and First Vice-President of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani held separate meetings on Monday with President of the Japanese Olympic Committee Seiko Hashimoto, HRH Vice-President of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee Prince Fahad bin Jalawi bin Abdulaziz bin Musaed, and First Vice-President of the National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan Otabek Amrulov, on the margins of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships currently held in Singapore. Throughout these meetings, they explored ways to enhance sports cooperation between QOC and its Japanese, Saudi, and Uzbek counterparts and shared perspectives on the foremost sport issues on the Asian stage, particularly in the areas of athlete development and exchange of expertise at the technical and administrative levels. In addition, the meetings tackled the ongoing preparations for the Asian Games Nagoya 2026 and the Islamic Solidarity Games Riyadh 2025, and addressed avenues for joint cooperation to organize these events in a manner that aligns with the aspirations of the Asian sports movement. These deliberations were part of a series of bilateral meetings Sheikh Joaan holds with leaders of the Olympic movement in Asia in the pursuit of strengthening bilateral cooperation, sharing expertise among national Olympic committees, and advancing Asian sports on the regional and global stages.
Japan Today
13-07-2025
- Sport
- Japan Today
1 in 7 coaches of young athletes say teams targeted by voyeurism
Photo taken in Okayama in June shows a QR code displayed in the spectator seating area of a track and field competition for reporting suspicious individuals. Around one in seven coaches of track and field athletes believe their team members, including school students, have been targeted for voyeurism, a survey by a Japanese athletics association showed Saturday, amid growing concerns in the sports world over the capturing and sharing of sexualized images. In the survey that received responses from 555 of around 6,300 coaches, many teaching students from elementary to high schools, 75 acknowledged that their teams were surreptitiously photographed, apparently with sexual intentions, during competitions, while 18 said such incidents happened even during practice and other activities. In some serious cases, coaches contacted the police, while in others, images posted by students on social media were later discovered on pornographic websites. "Incidents have still not decreased, given that spectators have returned after the coronavirus pandemic," the Japan Association of Athletics Federations said. The association sent a questionnaire in March last year to officially recognized coaches overseeing club activities of elementary, junior and senior high school students, as well as university and corporate teams. The 75 reports of voyeurism included a case in which a video zooming in on an athlete crossing the finish line appeared for sale, and a photo of another's buttocks was taken by someone who followed them from behind, with more images from competitions appearing online as athletes gained prominence. Asked about how they responded, 34 coaches said they reported the matter to competition organizers or consulted with them, while 13 turned to the police to act and 10 said they directly dealt with the situation at the scene. Coaches also said voyeurism that occurred during practice and club activities involved an "an unrelated person on a practice field" or "a stranger with a camera who took photos of athletes running in a park," among others. To avoid athletes being targeted, they said they are paying attention to athletes' sporting attire, alerting the players and their parents to the issue and restricting unrelated individuals from entering the field. Some called for financial assistance to take countermeasures, including hiring security guards, saying they are "shorthanded." Voyeurism targeting athletes has become increasingly serious in recent years due to the spread of social media and improvement of camera performance, with the Japanese Olympic Committee and other sporting organizations vowing efforts to eliminate such sexual harassment in a joint statement in 2020. While a law that took effect in 2023 criminalizes the taking of voyeuristic images for sexually exploitative purposes, it does not apply to athletes wearing sportswear due to the difficulty of determining any sexual intent of the person taking the image. © KYODO
The Mainichi
13-07-2025
- Sport
- The Mainichi
1 in 7 coaches of young athletes in Japan say teams targeted by voyeurism
OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Around one in seven coaches of track and field athletes believe their team members, including school students, have been targeted for voyeurism, a survey by a Japanese athletics association showed Saturday, amid growing concerns in the sports world over the capturing and sharing of sexualized images. In the survey that received responses from 555 of around 6,300 coaches, many teaching students from elementary to high schools, 75 acknowledged that their teams were surreptitiously photographed, apparently with sexual intentions, during competitions, while 18 said such incidents happened even during practice and other activities. In some serious cases, coaches contacted the police, while in others, images posted by students on social media were later discovered on pornographic websites. "Incidents have still not decreased, given that spectators have returned after the coronavirus pandemic," the Japan Association of Athletics Federations said. The association sent a questionnaire in March last year to officially recognized coaches overseeing club activities of elementary, junior and senior high school students, as well as university and corporate teams. The 75 reports of voyeurism included a case in which a video zooming in on an athlete crossing the finish line appeared for sale, and a photo of another's buttocks was taken by someone who followed them from behind, with more images from competitions appearing online as athletes gained prominence. Asked about how they responded, 34 coaches said they reported the matter to competition organizers or consulted with them, while 13 turned to the police to act and 10 said they directly dealt with the situation at the scene. Coaches also said voyeurism that occurred during practice and club activities involved an "an unrelated person on a practice field" or "a stranger with a camera who took photos of athletes running in a park," among others. To avoid athletes being targeted, they said they are paying attention to athletes' sporting attire, alerting the players and their parents to the issue and restricting unrelated individuals from entering the field. Some called for financial assistance to take countermeasures, including hiring security guards, saying they are "shorthanded." Voyeurism targeting athletes has become increasingly serious in recent years due to the spread of social media and improvement of camera performance, with the Japanese Olympic Committee and other sporting organizations vowing efforts to eliminate such sexual harassment in a joint statement in 2020. While a law that took effect in 2023 criminalizes the taking of voyeuristic images for sexually exploitative purposes, it does not apply to athletes wearing sportswear due to the difficulty of determining any sexual intent of the person taking the image.
