Sport is an important area of contact between Japan and the UK. The Foundation sees its role as facilitating initial contact between grass-roots groups from each country, introducing sporting activity which may be unfamiliar and to help groups with special needs, such as people with disabilities.
The Foundation will assist in the promotion of martial arts only where there is a strong Japanese cultural element.
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Sports exchange, particularly when it involves young people, is an activity much encouraged by the Foundation.
Some recent grants awarded were to:-
- enable junior members of the Stonehaven Judo Club to join the All Japan Youth Budo (Judo) Training Festival in Tokyo and to attend a Junior Summer School
- assist the Dragon School, Oxford fund a soccer and netball tour to Keio Elementary School in Tokyo
- help the establishment of a traditional Japanese Ju-Jitsu club in Newtownabbey, Northeren Ireland
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allow Japan Desk Scotland to send former professional footballer and Celtic youth coach Joe McBride to travel to Chiba Prefecture in Japan and teach basic football skills to local primary and secondary school children, with a view to developing football-related youth exchange between Scotland and Japan. The coaching was arranged by Kashiwa FC and Showa Gakuin School.
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