PART II Recent Trends and Developments in Government Policies in Education, Science and Culture
Chapter 8. Promoting Sports
Section 1. Approaches to Promoting Sports
2. Basic Directions
The sports promotion measures that are being implemented by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture are based on the recommendations in a November 1989 report of the Health and Physical Education Council titled "Policies for the Promotion of Sports for the Twenty-first Century." In line with these recommendations the Ministry is implementing a number of measures, including the development and improvement of sports facilities, the promotion of sports-for-all (lifelong participation in sports), and competitive sports.
The report also advocates several new measures, including the coordination of amateur and professional sports and the establishment of a fund based on donations from the private sector and other sources. In December 1990 the Ministry responded to these recommendations by establishing the Sports Promotion Fund within a special corporation, the National Stadium and School Health Center of Japan. This fund is now playing an important role in the promotion of sports in conjunction with central government measures.
