Olympics: IOC looking for Japanese member to replace Takeda

The International Olympic Committee is leaning toward electing another member from Japan to replace Tsunekazu Takeda, who resigned amid bribery allegations, IOC President Thomas Bach said Wednesday.A day after Takeda's resignation was accepted at the IOC's executive board meeting, Bach said picking another member from Japan made sense ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games."Japan, not only being the host next year, but being a very strong member of the Olympic movement -- of course we are interested to have, as soon as possible, a member in Japan," Bach said at a press confere…READ FULL ARTICLE