Health and Sports Day (体育の日, Taiiku no hi). October 10, 1964 was marked by the opening of the
Olympic Games in Tokyo, the first ever Games
held in Asia. These Games have finally shown
that Japan
recovered economically out of the after-war devastation. In 1966 it was decided
to legalize this date as a public holiday. Usually they conduct various sports
and health activities on that day. And the government put the accent exactly on
physical training, not on professional sports that are financed by private
companies. Though the government makes considerable efforts in preparation for
some major sporting events of the present. The holiday was moved to the second
Monday of October in 2000.
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