FIFA executive committee member Tashima to head JFA

FIFA executive committee member Kozo Tashima was Sunday elected president of the Japan Football Association (JFA). Tashima, 58, will formally start his two-year term when the JFA board meets on March 27. He will replace incumbent Kuniya Daini. Tashima, the current vice president, won 40 of the 75 eligible votes in the JFA council while his opponent, general secretary Hiromi Hara, had 34, a JFA spokesman said. There was one blank vote in the association's first-ever presidential election. Tashima is a former technical director and general secretary of the JFA.