Design for the New National Stadium Japan building chosen

The New National Stadium Japan

JAPAN SPORT COUNCIL announced that the conceptual building design by Zaha Hadid Architects in Britain was chosen for the New National Stadium Japan in Shinjuku, Tokyo. There were eleven finalists on the web site chosen among the applicants from all over the world.
The stadium costs 130 billion yen($1.6B) in total for construction and will possibly be used for Tokyo 2020 Olympics.


新国立競技場デザインはザハ・ハディド氏の作品に決定　―jp.WSJ.com
http://jp.wsj.com/japanrealtime/blog/archives/15446/

Sport Athletes. Who do Japanese like?

Ichiro

The Sasakawa Sports Foundation revealed the result of survey about "favorite sport athlete" targeted Japanese over 20 years old.
1,527 out of 2,000 respondents chose only one favorite athlete of them.

1: Ichiro (baseball)
2: Mao Asada (figure skate)
3: Ryo Ishikawa (golf)


イチローが１番人気＝スポーツ世論調査　―時事ドットコム
http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=spo_30&k=2012092801012

What kind of sports do Japanese children like?

Typical court of dodge ball

Bandai asked parents who have a child between 3 to 12 years old about favorite sports of their children.
According to the parents 34.3 percents of children like football, influenced by recent success of Japanese women's football team on the FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 and London Olympic Games.

What is your favorite sport?

Boys and Girls
1: Football
2: Swimming
3: Baseball
4: Gymnastics
5: Dodgeball

Boys
1: Football
2: Baseball
3: Swimming

Girls
1: Swimming
2: Football
3: Rope skipping


3-12歳の好きなスポーツは?　オリンピックが後押しか…バンダイ　―リセマム
http://resemom.jp/article/2012/09/13/9826.html

Homare Sawa on TIME magazine

Homare Sawa on "TIME" magazine

Japanese female football player, Homare Sawa was on the cover of Asian version of "TIME" magazine July 30th issue.
She is now playing at Japanese Women's Football team in London Olympic game and was chosen for FIFA World Player of the Year at 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time as an Asian player.


米誌「TIME」表紙の澤穂希が「かっこいい」とネット掲示板で絶賛される　―livedoor ニュース
http://news.livedoor.com/olympic/london2012/images/6792781/

The Open and the results of recent Japanese players

Ryo Ishikawa at the Royal Lytham & St Ann's

In last five years, 7 out of 35 or 20 percent of Japanese golf players who played at The Open Championship advanced to the final round(the fourth day) while 22 out of 68 or 32.3 percent did in last 10 years.
This year, Yoshinori Fujimoto and Toshinori Muto out of 8 Japanese players made it to the final round. However Ryo Ishikawa, the top of all Japanese players, the official world ranking of 68 failed to make the cut two years in a row.


予選突破、わずか２割　全英オープンの高い壁　―日本経済新聞
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZZO44361440R30C12A7000000/

London 2012 Olympics, which players gather Japanese attention?

Homare Sawa, "Nadeshiko Japan" Japanese Women's Football Team


Which Olympic Game players and teams do Japanese pay attention to?

1: Nadeshiko Japan(Japanese Women's Football Team)
2: Kosuke Kitajima(Men's Breaststroke 100m/200m)
3: Kohei Uchimura and Japanese Gymnastics Team
4: Japanese Men's Football Team
5: Murofushi Koji(Men's Hammer Throw)
6: Saori Yoshida and Kaori Icho(Women's Wrestling)
7: Japanese Women's Volleyball Team
8: Japanese Swimmers
9: Japanese Women's Table Tennis Players
10:Usain Bolt(Men's 100m)


The research was conducted on the internet by Nikkei Inc. acquired 1,030(515 male + 515 female) valid responses.


「なでしこ」が１位　ロンドン五輪の注目度ランキング
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZZO44215410X20C12A7000000/