Japan 2024 Task Force co-chairman Saburo Kawabuchi was officially elected as the new president of the Japan Basketball Association during an extraordinary council and board meeting on Wednesday.

The JBA also approved six new board members, including Kawabuchi, in the same meetings.

A pair of former female Olympians in Kiyoko Ono and Yuko Mitsuya were appointed as vice presidents. J. League managing director Masaaki Okawa took the managing director/secretary general positions. Okawa will also serve as the head of the Japan Professional Basketball League, which will begin play in the 2016-17 season.