In response to a tragic 2003 judo accident involving a first-year student at Sukagawa First Junior High School, a volunteer group led by Ms. Kudo has begun amplifying the voices of families affected by similar school-related injuries and deaths, following testimony from the victim’s parents. Origins of the Advocacy Initiative in Sukagawa The effort traces … Read more
The brackets are set and the road to regional competition is officially underway for high school baseball programs across Kagawa Prefecture. According to regional reports from the Asahi Shimbun and local tournament announcements, the draw for the autumn Shikoku regional high school baseball tournament’s prefectural preliminaries took place at Révolution BP Marugame in Kuramachi, Marugame … Read more
The 2026 Zenkoku Chugakko Taiiku Taikai, or National Junior High School Sports Festival, reached its fifth day of competition in Okayama Prefecture, delivering high-stakes title bouts on the judo tatami at Shigeto Arena Okayama. In the men’s 50-kilogram division final, Nagata of Kagoshima’s Bozu Gakuen captured the championship over MoniI of Ibaraki’s Ishige Junior High … Read more
The US Open Fan Week to Queens, offering tennis fans free access to the grounds, open practices featuring top players, and exhibition matches ahead of the final Grand Slam tournament of the season. According to tournament organizers, the week-long event runs from August 23 through August 29 at the USTA Billie Jean King in Queens, … Read more