SINGAPORE — Japanese Olympic Committee president Tsunekazu Takeda left Singapore on Saturday convinced that the whole of the Asian sports movement was behind Tokyo's bid to stage the 2016 Olympic Games.
Along with Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, Takeda led a strong Japanese delegation at the Olympic Council of Asia's general assembly in the Raffles City Convention Center on Friday, when OCA president Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Sabah officially endorsed Tokyo's bid.
"The general assembly was a great success, as Sheikh Ahmad announced to everybody that he supports Tokyo 2016," Takeda told The Japan Times on Saturday, before leaving Singapore for Nigeria on the next leg of his campaign blitz.