Special directors of military and physical training will be stationed in every prefecture, to supervise the "be fit" campaign in the villages under their jurisdiction.
National holidays and anniversaries will, under the Ministry's plans, from now on be marked by physical contests of various kinds. Special awards will be given those responsible for organizing important contests of physical or military prowess.
Inexpensive inns and free camp sites and bathing booths will be erected by the Government wherever youths gather to hike, ski, skate or Swim. Playgrounds of schools and colleges, the Ministry's announcement said, will be thrown open to the general public.
Vast physical training institutes will be established in Tokyo and Osaka, with attached playgrounds, gymnasiums, swimming pools and free consultation service. The neces ary funds will be appropriated in ihe 1939-40 budget.
Physical Education Centres will also be established in all towns with a population of more than 50,000.
Also in Tokyo will be created a National Military Arts Hall, where devotees of Japanese military arts, such as fencing and judo wrestling, will be given training—Domei.
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