JAPAN: JAPAN'S OLYMPIC COMMITTEE SAY AT LEAST NINE IOC MEMBERS VIOLATED SELECTION PROCESS RULES FOR THE 1998 NAGANO WINTER GAMES

Record ID: 990248

  • Title: JAPAN: JAPAN'S OLYMPIC COMMITTEE SAY AT LEAST NINE IOC MEMBERS VIOLATED SELECTION PROCESS RULES FOR THE 1998 NAGANO WINTER GAMES
  • Date: 12th February 1999
  • Summary: NAGANO, JAPAN (FILE) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE SHOT OF NAGANO ZENKOJI TEMPLE 2. VARIOUS OF A DINNER PARTY IN NAGANO HOSTED BY THE OF OLYMPIC COMMITTEE FOR THE FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY 3. VARIOUS OF NAGANO FESTIVALS CELEBRATING THE FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY SINCE THE NAGANO WINTER OLYMPICS TOKYO, JAPAN (FEBRUARY 12, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 4. WIDE OF KISHI MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM 5. VARIOUS OF PRESS CROWDING THE PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM 6. (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) YUSHIRO YAGI, SECRETARY GENERAL OF JAPANESE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, SAYING: "The following number of people or their relatives have violated the guidelines regarding visits to Nagano or Japan: One person has visited more than once, Four people have visited (once) in groups of more than three, and four have sent their relatives or friends on these trips but not participated themselves. Thus a total of nine people have been identified from documents and our research." 7. WIDE OF PRESS CONFERENCE 8. BANK OF PHOTOGRAPHERS 9. (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) YAGI SAYING: "That the said documents were disposed of. at the moment it is not a legal problem according to the rules of this country, however as J.O.C. the disposal of these documents made it impossible for us to gather evidence thus we deeply regret this" 10. CLOSE UP OF A JOURNALIST LOOKING PERPLEXED 11. WIDE OF PRESS CONFERENCE Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 26th February 1999 12:00
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  • Location: TOKYO AND NAGANO, JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Reuters ID: LVA79V9LFW23OLF6BG8GLJPL77FD
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