Message from the President and CEO

To ensure that the value of sports is vital to Japan’ s prosperous future, we are progressing with theinitiatives below while working together with such entities as national sanctioning bodies, NationalSports Federations, and local governments that are members of the Japan Sport Network (JSN). At thesame time, our entire entity is endeavoring with digital transformation, every kind of data and taskdigitalization, and are actively taking on the challenges of using leading edge of technologies such asArtificial Intelligence (AI), as we make efforts to combine both enhanced service for athletes andcitizen together with securing a work-life balance for our staff.

• In April 2025, the operation of the Japan National Stadium was transferred to the private consortium. We willcontinue working together with the consortium to ensure the stadium creates a warm, inviting atmosphere thatfeels familiar to everyone. In alignment with national policy, we are also progressing with Private FinanceInitiative (PFI) project for the tentatively named New Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Stadium. This initiativeis guided by objectives: improving services for spectators and athletes, contributing to the expansion of GrossDomestic Sports Product (GDSP), and alleviating the financial burden on the public.


• We will endeavor to appropriately manage and operate sports facilities under our jurisdiction, including YoyogiNational Stadium, AJINOMOTO NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER,
  and AJINOMOTO FIELD NISHIGAOKA,while also working to enhance the capabilities of the National Center for Mountaineering Education, therebycontributing to the promotion of sports.


• To further enhance capabilities of the High Performance Sport Center (HPSC), the central base for enhancing Japan’s level of competitiveness in sports, we will strengthen cooperation with the JOC (Japanese Olympic Committee), JPC (Japanese Paralympic Committee), National Sport Federations (NFs), regional sports medicine and science centers, as well as universities and industry. At the same time, we are endeavoring in enhancement of capabilities to analyze international information. Enhancement of the entirety of Olympic and Paralympic Sports is a precondition, and we will support the improvement of competitiveness of top-class athletes with an all-Japan system.


• Additionally, we will provide supports such as leading edge of sports medicine, science and information services, and will establish bases in the event host country for the duration of the games to support the Japanese athletes entering the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Asian Games, and the Asian Para Games.


• We will make efforts to promote sale of sports lotteries (BIG, MEGABIG, toto, WINNER, etc.), a major funding source for the promotion of sports. We will also make efforts toward more effective distribution of subsidies so as to promote top-class sports and regional sports.


• We will ensure surroundings in which athletes can be at ease and concentrate on sports. To promote clean and fair sports, we will work together with involved organizations as we provide support to ensure integrity in sports in ways such as enhancing the governance of sports organizations, implementing thorough compliance, and promoting activities toward anti-doping.
  
  
• We will endeavor to implement smooth disbursement of injury and accident mutual aid benefits (medical expenses, disability compensation, or death compensation) in the case of injury or accident (injury, illness, disability, or death) of school children while under school supervision, as well as make active efforts such as in providing information on a wide scale regarding accident prevention concerning children at school, in the home, and in the community.
  
   
  We will contribute to the creation of a prosperous future that has been nurtured by sports.
  I would appreciate everyone’s ongoing greater support and cooperation.
  

   

   JAPAN SPORT COUNCIL
  President and CEO
  ASHIDATE Satoshi