Joint Media Release

JADA x SEA RADO Signed the MOUto enhance the anti-doping activities andto mutually develop for Play True spirit

At the “2014 International Anti-Doping Seminar in Asia” held in Tokyo, Japan, 27-28 January 2014,
it was announced that the Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) and the Southeast Asia Regional
Anti-Doping Organization (SEA RADO) signed the MOU on 28th January 2014. It is aimed to extend
the existing collaboration and cooperation in assisting member countries in the Southeast Asianregion in the areas of anti-doping policy, education and capacity building.

The purpose of this MOU is to establish a framework for co-operation between Japan and theSoutheast Asian countries in the area of anti-doping. Understanding the signed MOU benefits thearea as a whole, it is expected to have a regular exchange of ideas and staff as part of capacity
building and in the promotion and implementation of various anti-doping activities.

Since 2007, JADA has been of assistance to theSoutheast Asia region; for hosting of the first everSingapore’s Youth Olympic Games, JADA worked with
Singapore leading up to the launch of its National
Anti-Doping

Agency,Anti-Doping

Singapore.

InMyanmar, the 2013 Southeast Asian Games wasoverseen by the senior JADA members for its doping
control operation. As Singapore, Myanmar wasstrongly committed in developing its anti-doping
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JADA’sstrongengagement over two and half years.

Patrick Goh (left) and Hidenori Suzuki

Prof. Hidenori Suzuki, JADA President, was delighted to formalise the existing collaboration with SEA
RADO and stressed that: “With this MOU, I hope that our partnership can be of further assistanceand promote more effective anti-doping activity in Southeast Asian region and we can mutuallydevelop as the anti-doping community for the protection of sport.”

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Dr. Patrick Goh, SEA RADO Chair, echoed that: “We are grateful for JADA’s commitment toanti-doping development in the South-East Asian Region. Going forward, this MOU will enable us tocoordinate and maximise the efficient usage of JADA’s support to benefit not only individualcountries, but the region as a whole”.

JADA is currently working closely with the newly created Vietnam Anti-Doping Agency (VADA) for
their preparations of the 2019 Asian Games hosted in Hanoi, Vietnam. With the Tokyo 2020 Olympicand Paralymipc Games in Japan, it is expected that there will be a plenty of opportunities to work
closely with SEA RADO countries.

SEA RADO Team in Tokyo

About:
Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA)

The Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) was founded in 2001 as the cooperative effort of all
stakeholders in Japan. Supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology (MEXT), JADA endeavours to lead the anti-doping activity with its key activity areasof education, awareness raising, research, doping control and the JADA Sports Pharmacist
Program. It strives to promote and strengthened a value-based education programme in Japan
in view of development of people and society through sport.
http://www.playtruejapan.org/

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Southeast Asia Regional Anti-Doping Organization (SEA RADO)
The Southeast Asia Regional Anti-Doping Organization (SEA RADO) was established by National
Olympic Committees (NOCs) and Government representatives from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia,Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Timor-Leste, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam
with the assistance of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on 30 November 2006 in Doha, Qatar.
The SEA RADO office is currently hosted in Singapore.

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