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Olympics: Marathon champ Takahashi among 12 new organizing executives
The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee s councilors announced 12 new female members for the committee s executive board Wednesday, including Sydney Olympic marathon gold medalist Naoko Takahashi and Paralympic Alpine skier Kuniko Obinata.
The 12 new members bring the number of women on the 45-member board to 19, raising female participation to above the 40 percent target set by the committee s new President Seiko Hashimoto, from 20 percent before their addition.
Combined file photo shows Sydney Olympic marathon gold medalist Naoko Takahashi (L) and two-time Paralympic Alpine skiing champion Kuniko Obinata. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Also joining the committee as directors are Naoko Saiki, an executive board member of the Japan Rugby Football Union and former chief of the Foreign Ministry s Economic Affairs Bureau, Kaori Sasaki, the president of eWoman Inc., a networking site for women in bus ....

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