Member's News
No.40
January 2004
 
    

International Journal of Sport and Health Science
Akio Kataoka
Japan Society of Physical Eduction, Health and Sport Sciences

I am happy to announce that the Japan Society of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences will publish an academic journal for readers all over the world. While it is still too early to discuss its potential positive impact, I am hopeful that it will become an incubator of knowledge and information. We are in need of international coorperation and assistance in our new endeavour.
As you are well aware, border-sharing measures are needed to deal with sport- and health-related problems such as AIDS transmission and the population explosion. Issues must be dealt with before appropriate world population is achieved. Food is yet another serious issue. Some populations suffer from overeating, corpulance and lack of exercise, while others are plagued with starvation and poverty. You may say that these are not directly related to sports, but they are life-threatening problems related directly to health, which affects education and sports. We are living in an age when it is necessary to regard ourselves as global citizens in our effort to further our study, which is part of the reason why we are issuing this new magazine for international circulation.
An internationally circluated magazine is capable of making readers aware of international issues. This awareness will hopefully promote the sharing of issues and the accumulation of information for the implementation of feasible solutions for these issues. The understanding of the individuality and uniqueness of cultures is another possible good effect of such a magazine, since we should strive for mutual understanding of our similarities as well as differences. Your understanding and cooperation toward our new endeavor would be highly appreciated.


Japan Society of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences
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105-8050
Tokyo, Japan
Tel: +81 3 34812427
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Email: jsope@netlaputa.ne.jp




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