On September 9 and 10, 2022, the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD), the governing body of international deaf sports and organizer of the Deaflympic Games, had its 49th Congress in Vienna, Austria. The Congress elected Mr. Ádám Kósa for the new President.
To strengthen the relationship between the Japanese Federation of the Deaf (JFD) and the ICSD, as well as to discover and develop human resources who will be responsible for international activities in deaf sports and future ICSD office bearers, we invited Mr. Ádám Kósa to Japan from Sunday, November 13 through Thursday, November 17, 2022.
Taking advantage of his visit to Japan, he also paid courtesy visits to Ms. Yuriko Koike, the Governor of Tokyo, Ms. Keiko Nagaoka, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and other relevant ministries and agencies in preparation for the 2025 Summer Deaflympics to be held in Tokyo.
JFD is determined to be committed to the further development of deaf sports by strengthening cooperation with the ICSD and international activities toward the 2025 Deaflympics.
(Opinion Exchange) Workshop for deaf sports organizations in Japan
(Lecture) Tsukuba University of Technology
(Courtesy Visit) Ms. Yuriko Koike, the Governor of Tokyo
(Courtesy Visit) Ms. Keiko Nagaoka, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
(Courtesy Visit) Mr. Yasuhiro Yamashita, the President of the Japanese Olympic Committee
(Courtesy Visit) Mr. Junichi Kawai, the Chairman of the Japanese Paralympic Committee.
(Attendance) The General Assembly of the Governors’ Assembly to Promotion of Sign Language
(Meeting) Mr. Shinji Hirai, the President of the Governors’ Assembly to Promotion of Sign Language and the Governor of Tottori Prefecture
(Meeting) Mr. Takeju Ogata, the President of The Nippon Foundation
