Masaji Tabata
Introduction
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**Masaji Tabata** () (December 1, 1898 – August 25, 1984\) was a Japanese educator, [journalist](/wiki/Journalist "Journalist"), and swimming coach. He was a key figure in [Tokyo](/wiki/Tokyo "Tokyo")'s successful bid to host the [1964 Summer Olympics](/wiki/1964_Summer_Olympics "1964 Summer Olympics"). He served as the president of the [Japanese Olympic Committee](/wiki/Japanese_Olympic_Committee "Japanese Olympic Committee") from 1973 to 1977\.


What were the key factors that led to Tokyo's successful Olympics bid?