WhatʼsNew from Juntendo University, Juntendo Medical Journal 2015. 61(5), 474-475 Juntendo University’s Joint Efforts in Omotenashi--- Hospitality for Team USA Training Camp ahead of the IAAF World Championships, 2015

KAZUHIRO AOKI＊1),KAZUHIKO YAMAZAKI＊1),KUMIKO TORIKAI＊2),

KAZUHIKO SAKUMA＊1),MINORU KANO＊1),EIKI KOMINAMI＊2) 3)

＊1)Juntendo University Faculty of Health and Sports Science, , , ＊2)Juntendo University Faculty of International Liberal Arts, Tokyo, Japan, ＊3)Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan

Asa preparatory stepfor the 2020 Summer Olympicsand Paralympicsin Tokyo, Juntendo University,in collaboration with , successfully invited the United States National Team, and helped organize their training camp ahead of the World AthleticsChampionshipsinBeijing. Thiswasmade possibleby cooperating with local communitiesaswell asdifferent facultieswithin the university.The successofthe project clearly demonstrated, both in and outside Japan, the potential of Juntendo University in offering a“campsite with an international perspective and readiness.”Efforts in globalizing Juntendo sports are being carried out by integrating expertise in Juntendo Universityʼs sports science, medicine, nursing, and international liberal arts. Key words: 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, pre-event campsites, collaboration among faculties, collaboration with local communities, globalization

Successful promotional activities for a pre-event invited national teamsfrom other countriesastheir training camp training campsahead of the 2015 ChampionshipsinBeijing. Juntendo wasthe only Prior to participating in the World Athletics university that pulled off hosting a training camp. Championships in Beijing held in August 2015, the Thanksto Team USAʼschoice for their pre-event United StatesNational Team, with approximately training, we were able to show both nationally and 200 athletesand coaches,held a pre-event training internationally that Sakura Campusishighly ap- camp using the Juntendo University Sakura Cam- praised for its excellent facility in various aspects, pus, along with Nakadai Athletic Stadium in Narita including itsfunctionsand safety. City and facilitiesin Sakura City. A large number of prefecturesin Japan, aswell asother countries,had Collaborative effort competed for hosting Team USA, one of the most powerful teamsin the world. Juntendo University, Juntendo students supported Team USA during taking advantage of itsunique expertise,and in their stay with the following volunteer work: grad- cooperation with adjacent cities, effectively per- uate students in the Graduate School of Health and formed promotional activitiesled by Chiba Prefec- SportsScience helped manage the pre-event train- ture. This kind of success, realized by a prefecture- ing camp, undergraduatesin the Faculty of Health city-university consortium, could be considered an and SportsScience supportedathletesand trainers innovative and feasible approach in light of the in individual training sessions, and freshman 2020 Summer Olympicsand Paralympicsin Tokyo. students in the Faculty of International Liberal Arts Table-1 lists Japanese cities, which successfully (FILA) mediated intercultural communication as

Corresponding author: Kazuhiro Aoki Juntendo University Faculty of Health and Sports Science 1-1 Hiraga Gakuendai, Inzai-shi, Chiba 270-1695, Japan TEL: +81-476-98-1001 (ext. 419) E-mail: [email protected] 〔Received Sep. 18, 2015〕

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Table-1 Sitesfor training before the World AthleticsChampionships

Prefecture Campsite Guest country Chiba Juntendo University United States Narita City Sakura City Chiba City Netherlands, Belgium Yamagata Kaminoyama City Poland Tochigi Utsunomiya City Hungary Yamanashi Fujiyoshida City Japan Gifu Takayama City United Kingdom (mid- and long- distance competitions) Wakayama Wakayama City Australia Tottori Tottori City Jamaica Kagawa Marugame City Sweden, Denmark Fukuoka City United Kingdom Saga Saga City New Zealand

interpreters. The volunteer interpreters sent from SportsScience and the Faculty of International FILA, newly established in April 2015, received Liberal Artsalsoworked for thisinternational event. interpreting training in preparation for the task. In addition, Juntendo student volunteers supported Regarding liaison with local communities, Juntendo other activitiesaswell, suchasrunning programs University created collaborative arrangements with organized by some Olympic athletes for elementary Chiba Prefecture, Inzai City, Narita City, and Sakura school children living in the city, and relay races for City. For example, Inzai City, where the university is junior high school students living in Inzai, Sakura, located, offered facility arrangementsand financial and Narita cities, providing them with opportunities support to manage the training camp, in addition to an to observe performances by world-class athletes. original welcome board for the team (see Figure-1). An international athletic event“Juntendo Inter- For globalizing Juntendo sports national 2015”washeld, in cooperation with Inzai City, on Sakura Campusof the Faculty of Health and Juntendo Universityʼseffortsin hostingthis SportsScience. Athletesfrom not only the Japan yearʼspre-event training camp, aswell asinterna- National Team but from different national teams, tional athletic meet, solidified the basis for globaliz- camping in Japan, participated, such as those from ing Juntendo sports. With the ultimate goal set for the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. It is the 2020 Summer Olympicsand Paralympics,the unprecedented that one university held such an in- Faculty of Health and SportsScience collaborated ternational athletic meet, and it isnoteworthy that with Juntendo Medical School, six university hos- the student volunteers in the Faculty of Health and pitals, two nursing schools, and the Faculty of Inter- national Liberal Arts, demonstrating its advan- tage asa training camp siteequipped with an international mindset. At the same time, Juntendo wasable to showthat it takespride in offering omotenashi, based on Juntendoʼs traditional spirit of hospitality“Jin,”in the field of sports. Juntendo University will continue its endeavor in pursuing globalization of sports by integrating efforts jointly made by schoolsandfacultiesin medicine, sport sciences, nursing, and international liberal arts.

Figure-1 Department and community liaison

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