Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met new Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe for the first time since Masuzoe’s election victory and agreed to cooperate on preparations for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games in Tokyo.
Masuzoe had just returned from his visit to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, where he said he begun to build a network of connections among International Olympics Committee (IOC) members.
There had been concerns over preparations for the Tokyo Olympics following the resignation of former governor, Naoki Inose, in December. However, this meeting between Abe and Masuzoe will have helped to sweep away that concern.
