The OCA Coordination Committee for the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 convened its first meeting on 8 and 9 January 2024 at Nagoya City, Japan.
The Meeting was officiated by H.E. Mr. Timothy Fok Tsun Ting, Vice President of OCA, President of NOC Hong Kong and IOC Honorary Member.
Throughout the two-day meeting, Tan Sri Dato’ Sri (Dr.) Mohamad Norza Zakaria, President of OCM and one of the 11 members of the Coordination Committee, had the opportunity received first-hand information from the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games Organizing Committee (AINAGOC). The discussions covered a range of various topics, including the slogan and concept of Games, Master Plan with timelines, Organization Structure and Human Resources, Sports Programme, Athletes’ Accommodation, Games Services, Media and Technology, Marketing, Protocol, Ceremony, Communication and Public Relations and Partnership, followed by venue tour.
Upon returning from Japan, Tan Sri Dr. Norza shared crucial information with the sporting community in Malaysia as follows:
“The 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 will take place from 19th September to 4th October 2026, at the Nagoya City and Aichi Prefecture in Japan”,
“We were duly informed by the AINAGOC that the 20th Asian Games will not have an Athletes’ Village due to construction and labour costs and the difficulty of selling the apartments after the Games. Instead, 70 accommodation facilities within the Nagoya City and Aichi Prefecture, based on the location of the sports competitions will be utilized for accommodation purposes”,
“Based on the initial plan, the AINAGOC has proposed a total of 41 sports, 58 disciplines and 400 events to be competed for the approval of the OCA”,
“We have full confidence in the AINAGOC to deliver another successful Asian Games with less than three years to go”.
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- The OCA Coordination Committee for 20th Asian Games with H.E. Hideaki OMURA, President of AINAGOC-Governor of Aichi Prefecture (fourth from the left), H.E. Takashi KAWAMURA, Deputy President of AINAGOC-Mayor of Nagoya City (third from the left), Ms. Yuko MITSUYA, Deputy President of AINAGOC-Vice President of Japanese Olympic Committee (second from the left) and Mr. Satoshi MURATE, Secretary General of AINAGOC (first from the left). First row (L-R): Mr. Satoshi Murate, Ms. Yuko Mitsuya, H.E. Takashi Kawamura, H.E. Hideaki Omura, H.E. Mr. Timothy Fok Tsun Ting, Mr. Tayyab Ikram, H.E. Husain Al-Musallam & H.E. Mr. Ng Ser Miang. Second row (L-R): Mr. Tsunekazu Takeda, Mr. Song Luzeng & Ms. Mikako Kotani Third row (L-R): Dr. Sultan Al Busaidi, Mr. Seung Min Ryu & Dr. Norza Zakaria Fourth row (L-R): Mr. Faris Al Kooheji, Mrs. P.T. Usha & Mr. Vinod Kumar Tiwari Fifth row (L-R): Mr. Naoto Tobe & Mr. Tran Van Manh Photo Credit: AINAGOC
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- Members of the OCA Coordination Committee for 20th Asian Games with Delegation of the AINAGOC. L-R: Mr. Seung Min Ryu (KOR), Ms. Yuko Mitsuya (JPN), Mr. Naoto Tobe (JPN), Dr. Sultan Al Busaidi (OMA), Mrs. P.T. Usha (IND), Ms. Mikako Kotani (JPN), Dr. Norza Zakaria (MAS), Mr. Tran Van Manh (VIE), Mr. Song Luzeng (CHN) & Mr. Satoshi Murate (JPN). Photo Credit: AINAGOC
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- Members of the OCA Coordination Committee with Officials of the AINAGOC. Photo Credit: AINAGOC
Dato’ Sieh Kok Chi was born on the 8th of November 1938. After his retirement in 1991, as an Engineer in the Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia, Dato’ Sieh chose to continue his involvement, full time, in the field of sports, where his life-long passion was, especially in the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM).
Born on 21st March 1949, Y.A.M Tunku Tan Sri Imran is the second son of the late Tuanku Jaafar, an elected monarch of the Negeri Sembilan. Tunku Imran was educated in the UK at the King’s School, Canterbury and studied law at Nottingham University before being called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn, London in 1971 and qualifying as a Barrister at Law.