Japanese Center for Research on Women in Sport Japanese Center for Research on Women in Sport

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2014.08

Established the “Japanese Center for Research on Women in Sport (JCRWS)” at Juntendo University

2014.10

Japan’s first ever “Women’s Sports Medicine Clinic” at Juntendo University Hospital and Urayasu Hospital has opened . Achieve collaboration with JCRWS research and support activities.

2015.09

The first “WCA” was held in Karuizawa.

2016.01

Released the learning support tool “Female Athlete e-learning” (revised in March 2021)
*Adopted as a digital textbook for junior high school health and physical education from 2021, and for high school health and physical education from 2022 (both by Taishukan Shoten)

2016.01

Released the Female Athlete Health Support (FAHS) software called “Surari-chan Height!”

2017.04

“Female Athlete Diary (English edition)” was published *”Female Athlete Diary (Japanese edition)” has been published since 2012

2017.10

“FAT Screening Sheet” was released

2018.02

“Junior Female Athlete Health Support Manual” was published
“Junior Female Athlete Medical Support Workshop” was held in Tokyo and Kobe

2018.07

“Surari-chan, Height! Stadiometer & Pamphlet” was released

2018.08

“Surari-chan’s Growth and Muscle Graph” was released

2018.11

Executive Director Dr. Ogasawara was invited as an affiliate scholar of “Tucker Center”, a research institute for women in sport at the University of Minnesota

2018.11

Awarded the “2017 Society Award” at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Clinical Sports Medicine

2019.02

Released the report of the “Awareness Survey on Feminine care products (implemented in 2017-2018)”

2019.06

Executive Director Dr. Etsuko Ogasawara received the 2018 JOC Sports Award “Women and Sport Award”

2019.08

Served as the secretariat for the “15th Asian Association for Sport Management Conference (AASM2019) and was held at Juntendo University. Also, at the same conference, managed the “Women in Sport” Session

2020.02

Released the “Surari Muscle”, an application for athletes to manage their growth and condition

2020.12

“Female Athlete Diary” is on sale to the public from the 2021 edition

2021.03

Released online health check tool “PPE for female athletes (Pre-participation Physical Evaluation)”

2021.04

Released the report of the “Sports participation survey for middle-aged and older women (implemented 2018-2020)”

2021.08

Served as the Implementing Agency and manage the “ASEAN-JAPAN Workshop on Promoting Gender Equality in Sports”

2022.11

A joint Presentation was made on the U.S. NCAA WCA and the Japanese WCA at the “8th IWG World Conference on Women & Sport”

2023.01

The “Follow-up Workshop” was held in Thailand as part of the “FY 2022 Project for the ASEAN-Japan Actions on Sports: Gender Equality (commissioned by the Japan Sports Agency and re-commissioned by the JSC)”.

2023.04

The Malaysian Minister of Youth and Sports and others visited the Japanese Center for Research on Women in Sport and discussed with Executive Director, Dr. Etsuko Ogasawara and Deputy Director, Dr. Natsue Koikawa.

2024.03

The Japanese Center for Research on Women in Sport is honored to receive the 26th Chichibunomiya Memorial Sports Medicine and Science Award / Encouragement Award (the first time a university organization or institution has received this award)

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