In this file photo taken on April 9, 2018, Japan Football Association chairman and Japan's Olympic Committee deputy head Kozo Tashima holds a press conference in Tokyo. Tashima said on March 17, 2020 he tested positive to the coronavirus, as doubts increases over whether Tokyo can safely host the summer Games. (TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA / AFP)

TOKYO - Kozo Tashima, president of the Japan Football Association (JFA) and also a Japanese Olympic Committee vice president, has tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday.

Kozo Tashima was believed to have contracted the virus during his recent trip to Britain, the Netherlands & the US from late Feb to early March

A JFA source revealed to Japan's Kyodo news agency that Tashima was believed to have contracted the virus during his recent trip to Britain, the Netherlands and the United States from late February to early March on "official business."

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The 62-year-old, a former Japanese international, was elected as JFA chief in 2016 and was re-elected to the FIFA Council by the Asian Football Confederation last April.

Kyodo said that he watched international friendly matches during his recent trip and attended meetings about the 2023 Women's World Cup, which Japan is bidding to host.