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2017 Yearbook
As a Vice President from Asia zone of WFSGI, let me offer my congratulations on the
publication of Taiwan Sporting Goods Manufacturer’s Association Yearbook 2017. Also, I would
like to pay a sincere compliment to Ms. Catherine Wang, chairperson of TSMA for her active
leadership.
Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games have finished and the next will be Tokyo
2020. It’s time to consider the meaning of Olympic and Paralympic Games seriously, so I would
like to focus on Olympic and Paralympic Games and sports this time.
In Japan, Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games greatly contributed to the drastic economic growth.
However, there is some criticism now that the cost to hold Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic
Games is so huge and it should be allocated to social welfare and environmental issues which are
the current problem in Japan.
We should remember that “improvement of health” is one of the effects of sports. It’s difficult
to analyze “improvement of health” statically, but there is a good result in a certain local city in
Japan. In the city, as a result of exercising the citizen over 60 years old, the medical cost was
Mr. Motoi Oyama
WFSGI Vice-President representing Asia/Oceania
President and Representative Director, Asics Corporation