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Commentary by Hank F. Miller Jr.
October 10th. Is Sports Day. It was added to the list of national holidays in Japan in 1966 to commemorate the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. It was on October 10, 1964, that the opening ceremony of the 18th Summer Olympic Games was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo.
Nothing is more important than good health. In fact, both physical and mental health is the most valuable treasures of the nation.
Sports Day is designated to make people aware of the importance of health and urge them to developed healthy bodies and healthy minds through sports. Both public and private organizations throughout the country sponsor a number of sporting events on October 10 the so that people, both young and old, men and women, can take part in them.
Partly because of such efforts on the part of the central and regional governments and partly because of people getting increasingly health-conscious, the number of Japanese who go in for sports has been increasing and constantly on the rise in recent years.
Warm Regards from Kitakyushu, City, Japan.
And I hope that everyone back there will take part in some kind of sporting event no matter what it may be, walking is a good for everyone.
Hank F. Miller Jr.
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