| Ishan Ibrahim |
BADMINTON enthusiasts and players of all levels will be in for a treat this month, as it was announced at a press conference that some of Brunei’s top badminton players will test their skills against some of Japan’s best players.
The sports exchange will take place from October 24-27 at the Indoor Stadium, Berakas.
The press conference on Tuesday was attended by Jaspar Yu, Brunei’s top badminton singles player; Yuki Iida, Embassy of Japan’s First Secretary; Haji Jafri bin Haji Mohamed, Director of Youth and Sports and Haji Antin bin Ahad, President of Brunei Darussalam National Badminton Association.
The Embassy of Japan in Brunei Darussalam and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan are working together with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports in organising the Brunei-Japan badminton exchange in commemoration of the 70th birthday of His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam.
This exciting meet is part of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ‘Sport for Tomorrow’ initiative which aims to promote sport to over 10 million people in over 100 nations until 2020 when Japan will host the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
The press conference panel holding the Brunei-Japan badminton exchange promotional posters. – ISHAN IBRAHIM
Brunei will be visited by a team of Japanese national-level top badminton athletes including Sho Sasaki, world-ranked 24 singles player, who took part in the Rio and London Olympics men’s badminton singles, and made it to the top 8 in the London Olympics.
Other Japanese players scheduled to take part in the Brunei-Japan sports exchange are Yu Igarashi, Kenya Mitsuhashi, Miyuki Kato and Miki Kashihara.
The Brunei players include Masrur, Marinah, Shahirul, Ahmad, Mattew and Nurhayati.
Further information can be obtained at http://www. Sport4tomorrow.jp/.
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