Fuji - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Some 200 Japanese and American cancer patients, backed by as many relatives and volunteers, reached the top of Mount Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan, on the early morning of August 22.

Hayanari - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Formula One, or F1, is the top motor racing series in the world. It's very popular in Japan, as are all the levels of Formula racing below it. Hayanari Shimoda, a 16-year-old high school student from Tokyo, took a big step up the racing ladder when he made his Formula Renault debut at Vallelunga Race Track in Italy (about 30 kilometers north of Rome) on Sunday, April 22. Juggling academics with a racing career isn't easy, but Hayanari is doing his best to keep up with his school work--even while he competes in races around the world.

Go - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Yuta Iyama is a 12-year-old boy from Kusaka Elementary School in Osaka. In April he will become a professional Go player, only the fourth 12 year old ever to become a pro in Japan. He is the first elementary school student to become a pro for 17 years. The youngest pro ever was 11 years old.

Aerobics - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Sixteen-year-old Eiichi Omura wowed spectators with his stellar sportaerobics performance when he became the World Youth Varsity Champion in the Suzuki World Cup 2002, 13th International Aerobics Championship held in Tokyo on April 13 and 14.

Race - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Have you ever run a three-legged race? In Japan there is a similar sport in which teams of thirty - yes 30! - people tie their legs together and run for 50 meters. It's called the "thirty-one-legged race" (site is Japanese only). There's even a national thirty-one-legged race championship for teams of elementary-school students. In 2002 the championship was held on November 23 at the Yokohama Arena in Kanagawa Prefecture. About 1,000 kids took part, made up of members of the 29 teams that came through regional qualifying competitions.

Medal - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Japan's Ryoko Tamura scored her third consecutive World Championships victory on October 12 when she defeated Cuba's Amarilo Savon for the gold medal in the 48-kilogram (106-pound) class.

Hockey - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
With the aim of raising the level of female field hockey players in Japan by the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, the Japan Hockey Association launched a women's hockey league in May.

Rugby - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
About 50 elementary school students were introduced to tag rugby, a variation of rugby football that doesn't involve full body contact, in an event sponsored by the Japan Rugby Football Union in May. The new sport is perfect for youngsters and female players, the JRFU says, since it doesn't involve tackling or forming scrummages.

Unicycle - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A fourth grader attending a Tokyo elementary school is traveling around Japan on a unicycle this summer. Ken Ichiyama began his journey from Yamagata Prefecture in late June. He's expected to cover a distance of 5,000 kilometers (around 3,000 miles) on a voyage that will take him through all 47 prefectures in Japan--from Hokkaido in the north to Okinawa in the south.

Porpoises - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Four finless porpoises at the Toba Aquarium in the city of Toba, Mie Prefecture, have taught themselves to play soccer, and they've been showing off their skills to children and adults visiting the aquarium during the summer months.

Fencing - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A sixth grader living in the city of Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, won the national boys' fencing championship for the second year running in July. It was the first time in the history of the event that a defending champion repeated his feat.

Yacht - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A 69-year-old yachtsman living in Osaka Prefecture embarked on a nonstop solo voyage around the world on September 15, 1998--which was Respect-for-the-Aged Day in Japan.

Nagano - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A team of five Japanese school kids from Nagano won the international youth aerobics championship for 8 to 10 year olds, held in Florida in the United States in July 1998.

Mongolia - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Masamichi and Naomichi Yazaki, brothers attending Hamakaze Elementary School in the city of Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, are bicycling for nearly 400 kilometers in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region in China in August this year.

Journey - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Yachtsman Ken'ichi Horie began his latest attempt to cross the Pacific Ocean alone in March 1999, this time aboard a boat made of beer kegs.

Obama Elementary School - Meet the Kids - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
This article introduces Obama Elementary School in Kagoshima Prefecture, where students take classes, go canoeing, and farm vegetables against the majestic backdrop of the Sakurajima volcano.

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