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 * Sports of Japan**

There are many sports in Japan. These sports include sumo wrestling, women’s wrestling, baseball, soccer, golf, ski and snowboard, martial arts, Olympic games, Hanetsuki, formula racing, drifting, motorcycle racing, sports car racing, and Tokyo Marathon. The different types of wrestling are Sumo wrestling and Joshi Puroresu. Sumo wrestling has tournaments that last 15 days for each session. Joshi Puroresu, or women’s wrestling, was the dominant Joshi organization from the 1970’s to the 1990’s. The first major star was March Fumiake in 1974. The different races are formula racing, drifting, motorcycle racing and sports car racing. Hanetsuki is a form of badminton. The difference is that there is no net, it is played with a wooden paddle, and a brightly colored shuttlecock. The game is often played by girls at the New Year, and everytime the girls drop the shuttlecock their faces are marked with India Ink. The longer the shuttlecock is in the air, the greater protection of the players from the mosquitoes during the year. Martial arts include Sumo, Jujutsu, Swordsmanship, Kenjutsu, Battōjutsu, Laijutsu, Laidō, Naginatajutsu, Sōjutsu, and Ninjutsu.

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