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FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2018, file photo, Japan's delegation head Yasuhiro Yamashita holds a news conference on banned Japanese basketball players in Jakarta, Indonesia. The former gold medalist has been elected to lead the Japanese Olympic Committee, which is mired in a scandal that forced the former president to step aside in an alleged vote-buying scheme to land next year's Tokyo Games. (Shohei Miyano/Kyodo News via AP, File)

JOC gets new leader in wake of Tokyo Olympic bribery scandal

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

International Olympics Committee member and head of the Japanese Olympic Committee Tsunekazu Takeda bows as he arrives at the venue of a JOC executive board meeting in Tokyo Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Takeda is resigning amid a bribery scandal that investigators suspect helped Tokyo land next year's Olympics. Takeda announced Tuesday he will stand down when his term ends in June, but he denied corruption allegations against him. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japanese Olympic Committee head resigns amid bribery scandal

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike reacts during a press conference in Tokyo, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Gov. Koike has declined to weigh in on the future Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda. Takeda is being investigated for his part in a bribery scandal that French investigators believe may have helped Tokyo win the 2020 Olympics in a vote by the International Olympic Committee.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Tokyo governor won’t speculate on Olympic bribery scandal

By HARUKA NUGA - Associated Press

Olympic Games Executive Director Christophe Dubi, left, accompanying Toshiro Muto, CEO of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, file, speaks after a working level meeting between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) in Tokyo Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Tokyo Olympic CEO says no need for Takeda to resign

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - This Nov. 20, 2013, file photo shows Japan Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda, right, and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, left, following a press conference in Tokyo. France's financial crimes office says International Olympic Committee member Takeda is being investigated for corruption related to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The National Financial Prosecutors office says Takeda, the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, was placed under formal investigation for &quot;active corruption&quot; on Dec. 10.(AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa, File)

Takeda corruption probe sullies 2020 Tokyo Olympics and IOC

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - This is a Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013 file photo of Tsunekazu Takeda, President of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games bid, as he listens to a question from the media during their first international presentation of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games bid in London. France's financial crimes office says International Olympic Committee member Takeda is being investigated for corruption related to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The National Financial Prosecutors office says Takeda, the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, was placed under formal investigation for &quot;active corruption&quot; on Dec. 10.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Probe of IOC’s Takeda hangs over Tokyo Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE and YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, right, escorts Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Tsunekazu Takeda during an IOC Executive Board meeting in Tokyo. France's financial crimes office says International Olympic Committee member Takeda is being investigated for corruption related to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The National Financial Prosecutors office says Takeda, the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, was placed under formal investigation for &quot;active corruption&quot; on Dec. 10.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

IOC marketing chair from Japan investigated for corruption

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press