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Opening Address Yasuhiro Yamashita 13 Lecture “We Cannot Do Sports Solidarity of International Judo Education The 13th Lecture embarrassing way in front of students who have come 13th Lecture here to assist today’s lecture meeting (laughter). The epicenter is reported to be Miyagi Prefecture in the “We Cannot Do Sports without Peace” Tohoku region. A tsunami warning was also issued, so the situation is rather worrisome. Hopefully there will Nagisa Osada be no serious damages. Before the lecture, I’d like to report briefly on December 7 (Fri.), 2012 at Japan Education Center (9th floor) activities conducted by the Solidarity this year. As one of its main activities, the Solidarity donates Mitsumoto: We would now like to start the Solidarity second-hand judo uniforms overseas. This year, we of International Judo Education 13th Lecture Meeting. sent second-hand judo uniforms to six countries, I’m sincerely grateful that so many of you have taken namely, Columbia, Samoa, Egypt, Myanmar, the time out of busy schedule at the end of the year to Swaziland, and Peru. We also donated a total of 99 join us today. I’m Mitsumoto from the secretariat. tatami mats to Myanmar. Thanks to your support, we can hold the 13th lecture As in last year, we accepted two judo instructors, meeting today, and we’d like to express our heartfelt one each from Israel and Palestine, for a short-term gratitude again for your kind support that has made it one-month training from middle November through possible for us to continue this program for so many middle December. They will be introduced to you in the years. Thank you so much. reception after the lecture, so please speak to and Now, Yasuhiro Yamashita, Executive Director of the communicate with them. Solidarity, will make an opening address and introduce Two Russian young female instructors arrived in today’s lecturer, Ms. Nagisa Osada. Mr. Yamashita, Japan the other day. They will receive training on please. Japanese-style judo for about eight months as they are expected to lead women’s judo in Russia in the future. Opening Address They will also be introduced to you later. Yasuhiro Yamashita With regard to the athlete training program, one (Executive Director, NPO Solidarity of International Judo Afghan female judo athlete is currently receiving Education; Trustee and Vice-Chancellor, Tokai University) training in Japan. She was also taking part in the program for seven months from December last year, aiming to compete in the London Olympics held this year. Unfortunately, she couldn’t participate in the London Olympics, but because she made an address in our General Meeting in June this year, many of you may remember her. We also sent four student volunteers to Myanmar and Guam. As regards exchange activities with China, Toshiaki I’d first like to express my cordial thanks for your Hashimoto, assistant executive director of the continued support for the activities of the NPO Solidarity, has been playing the main role. As part of Solidarity of International Judo Education. There was his efforts, he created a Judo manual for beginners in rather a strong earthquake a short while ago. Because the Chinese language, in which Chinese boys and girls this building is slightly old and this is the ninth floor, appear, and presented its copies to Chinese people the tremor felt really large as if the epicenter were through the Qingdao Japan-China Judo Friendship right under this building. I reacted in a slightly Center and the Nanjing Japan-China Judo Friendship －1－ Solidarity of International Judo Education Center. my heartfelt gratitude for your support and As for my personal activities, I visited Myanmar cooperation. Thank you. between June and July as a member of a cultural and Now, today, we are having the 13th lecture. For the sports exchange mission organized by the Ministry of lecturer, we have invited Ms. Nagisa Osada, an old Foreign Affairs of Japan. In September, I went to friend of mine, who interviewed me several times as a Vladivostok in Russia to promote Japanese judo, while reporter before. Let me introduce her career just the annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic briefly. Cooperation (APEC) was held in the city. In Ms. Oasada was born in Tokyo and graduated from Vladivostok, I also attended a ceremony to celebrate the Drama Course at the Toho Gakuen College of the 120th anniversary of the birth of Vasili Oshchepkov, Drama and Music. After working as an overseas who founded Sambo, a Russian martial art. reporter, she served as the sportscaster for “FNN The territorial disputes with China and Korea are Super Time” on Fuji TV network for 10 years. She is a becoming increasingly bitter. I was going to attend an pioneer female sportscaster in Japan and the leading event to celebrate the second anniversary of the sports journalist. She also worked as the chief editor founding of the Nanjing Japan-China Judo Friendship for “FM Hotline,” an NHK radio program for young Center in March this year. My plan was to go to people, for a long time. She is a member of the Japan Nanjing together with students of the All Japan P.E.N. Club and known as a nonfiction writer as well. University Judo Federation (AJUJF) to present copies A visiting professor of the Shukutoku University, the of the judo manual created by assistant executive representative director of Nihon Sports Gakkai, the director Hashimoto and, as part of efforts to promote chief editor of “Sport Godzilla” magazine, and many Japan-China friendship, to make a speech at the others, she is active in a wide variety of areas, while Nanjing University. However, one week before the offering various suggestions as to how the Japanese departure, the statement made by Nagoya Mayor sporting world should be. I’m looking forward to Takashi Kawamura regarding the Nanjing issue led to today’s lecture very much. The title is “We Cannot Do the postponement of the visit. Sports without Peace.” Ms. Osada, I appreciate your This year marked the 40th anniversary of the joining us today. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for normalization of the diplomatic relations between your attention. Japan and China. To commemorate this, NHK was Mitsumoto: Thank you. Now, Ms. Osada, please come planning to produce a 40-minute program for the NHK to the stage. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome BS Premium channel to introduce exchange activities her with a big hand. conducted by the Solidarity in Nanjing and Qingdao. The initial schedule was to discuss details in late We Cannot Do Sports without Peace September and visit China in around November, but Nagisa Osada NHK decided that it was not right time to make such a (member of the Japan P.E.N. Club, nonfiction writer, documentary program with China. I rather felt that visiting professor of the Shukutoku University, we should go on various exchange activities especially Representative director of Nihon Sports Gakkai and Chief when the relations between the countries were editor of “Sport Godzilla” magazine) stranded, but had to accept the decision of NHK and give up the plan. Nevertheless, we were able to conduct all these activities just reported today this year, and this is all because of the support from everyone here and other members of the Solidarity, as well as from sponsor companies. I’d like to take this opportunity to express －2－ The 13th Lecture Osada: Thank you, Yamashita sensei, for your very sports journalist. But as a matter of fact, there was kind introduction. I have always been participating in another female sports writer and journalist before me. the lecture meetings of the Solidarity of International She was Ms. Kinue Hitomi, a former long jump world Judo Education as a listener to the lectures on the floor. record holder. Since I majored in drama at college, a When I received a call from Ms. Mitsumoto and was Foreign Affairs Ministry official I met the other day requested to give a lecture, I, to be honest, didn’t know asked me where I had studied journalism—a question what answer to make. “Yamashita sensei always cares that concerned the root of my career. Actually, I had about me, so I can’t reject the request, but can I make a never studied journalism. I was given an opportunity speech that will meet the standard of the Solidarity’s to become involved in sports journalism soon after lecture meeting?“—This is what I felt. Yamashita graduating from the college, and have continued this sensei and I have known each other for quite a long career until today. That’s all. But what I did was both time. When the Nihon Sports Gakkai, for which I writing and speaking. Sports journalists who did both serve as the representative director, planned writing and speaking were perhaps very rare. But the Yamashita sensei’s lecture, he kindly accepted the offer way I entered into this career was rather unique, and made a wonderful speech. So, although I felt which was like trying to get the black belt while my rather at a loss, I accepted the request, and I have skills were those of beginners who were still doing come here today with strong determination to warm-up. In other words, I have earned money since complete my mission. my first writing, when my skills were still poor, and as As you are already aware from the address that such, I have had numerous embarrassing experiences. Yamashita sensei has just made, he is a really good But I have made the most of these experiences as my speaker. His speech is like a magnet that draws our nourishment, “eaten” all my failures, and “grown fat.” attention.
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