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website; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_culture#Sports
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/sports/q1.html
The most of famous sports came from the past time in Japan. Ath that time, samurai used to practice their skill by playing Koryu which is very important for samurai to know have to use a sword. Moreover, as a time have past, Jujuthu have improved, so still today people used Samurai styles to follow the tradition. The famous sports in Japan are Sumo and Judo. Sumo has deep and long history. The men who are very fat people fight each other. Judo also has long history. People use many skills to fight each other. It became very popular sport all over the world, so it is one of the sports in Olympic. During Meiji period, Football and baseball is expanded in Japan. Therefore, Base ball and Soccer became the most famous sports in Japan today. There are many pro teams to compete in the league, so people entertain the sports every time. Japanese sports had traditional sports from long time ago and also, they have the influencing sports from Western.