One of the exciting news every media talks about now is the Japan women’s national foot ball team’s victory in the World Cup 2011. Japan’s female foot ball team is…

Today’s story-teller is a president of Japan Ladies’ Professional Golf Association (JLPGA), Hisako Higuchi. She served a term of 14 years and retired in January last year. As she looks back…

  Have you ever joined a scavenger hunt activity? In Japan, many people often come together as volunteer workers to clean public spaces. In 2008, a group called “Japan Sport…

Today’s story-teller is marathon runner Arata Fujiwara. In the beginning of the story, he talks about an episode from his high school years. Fujiwara says that after he met the…

  Last weekend, Hirotada Ototake, the author of bestselling autobiography “No One’s Perfect,” pitched the first ball for the season-opening ceremony at the match between the Saitama Seibu Lions and…

They run 10-kilometer Nara Marathon. Miki took this picture in front of the Colossal Hall of of the Great Buddha at Todaiji Temple. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is…

Today’s story-teller is Kazuyoshi Miura, a former Japanese national football team player and a striker in Yokohama FC in Japan Professional Football League (J. League). The story is from his…

Kid’s sumo tournament is held annually on September 15 at Mihashira Shrine in Kashiwate-cho, Kashihara city.Children between 1 year-old and late elementary grades took 3 bouts each. The older kids…

Today’s story-teller is a former professional marathon runner Yuko Arimori. The topic was about the encouraging words that was given to Arimori by one of her school teachers. She was…

Today’s story-teller is judoka Tadahiro Nomura. First, he says that he goes to the bathroom and look at himself in the mirror after washing his face with cold water right…

Today’s story-teller is Kazuyoshi Miura, a former Japanese national football team player and a striker in Yokohama FC in Japan Professional Football League. The story is about a captain. He…