International Olympic Committee vice president Chiharu Igaya said there is a good chance for Japan to host the 2016 Games.
"I think a lot of people are wondering whether Japan has a chance to hold the Olympics," Igaya, the silver medalist in the men's slalom at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympics, said at a news conference on Wednesday.
Igaya has been with the IOC since 1982 and was selected as the vice president in July.