A Study on the Establishment Process of National Sports Festival

-Focusing on the Reconstruction of the National Physical Training Association from the World War II-

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the establishment process of the National Sports Festival (NSF) by focusing on the reconstruction of the National Physical Training Association (NPTA) from the World War H (W.W.I). This study revealed followings. 1) After the W.W. Isoon, the NPTA envisaged reconstructing of the Japanese sports situation which integrated the sports organizations of student, adults and non-NPTA members into NPTA. 2) The NPTA held an important regional sports conference in around Japan in 1946s which was in establishing the NSF. The conference was important for the Japanese sports situation that was to promote development of the local chapter of the NPTA. 3) It could be said, the NPTA promoted joining non-NPTA into the NPTA because, the NPTA in- cluded the sports of non-NPTA to the NSF. In addition, the NPTA developed and strengthened the local chapters of the NPTA through holding the preliminary games of the NSF. 4) The NPTA promoted to organize sports organizations of adults through adults participated in the NSF and the preliminary games. The NPTA was going to reconstruct the Japanese sports situation because, their systems of or- ganization and administration were weakened after the W.W. E.The background of the reconstruct was included, expectation of the Ministry of Education that they planed the NPTA concern all sports organizations and the NPTA lead a normal development of Japan sports. It could be said, the NPTA planned to stabilize systems of organization and administration through cooperating with the Ministry of Education. After all, the establishing of the NSF was included the expectation of the rebuilding of the Japanese sport situation.