{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.japan-association-of-athletics-federations","code":"thing-q1505454","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q1505454/","name":"Japan Association of Athletics Federations","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Society, people and institutions","entryKind":"thing","plane":"SOC","domain":["SOC.ORG"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"The Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) is Japan's national governing body for athletics, responsible for organizing and developing the sport and representing Japanese athletics internationally.","purpose":"Enable an AI agent to identify the Japan Association of Athletics Federations, assess its authority and organisational state, and determine which athletics-related actions it may perform or authorise.","scope":{"in":["Legal identity, official names, 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