2015年5月のバックナンバー

2015.5.15

Preparing Sudanese Athletes for the Tokyo Olympics

The Japan Foundation dispatched Mr. Kosuke Sunagawa as a wrestling coach to the capital of Sudan, Khartoum. There, he provided practical training on wrestling techniques to promising local athletes. Nuba Wrestling, a traditional Sudanese wrestling style with more than 3,000 years of history, is highly popular in Sudan. He contributed an article about his impressions from his experience as a wrestling coach in Sudan, and about future exchanges between Japan and Sudan in the field of wrestling.

2015.5.15

¡Pura Vida! Live Performance by Ichiro Mizuki in Costa Rica

The Japan Foundation organized an anime song (anisong) live performance and talk show featuring the king of anisong in Japan, the singer Ichiro Mizuki, as an opening event of the Japan-SICA Friendship Year 2015, a project celebrating the 80th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and five Central American countries.