JAPAN SPORT COUNCIL carried out an event for people to experience the benefits of sport through Judo, a sport enjoyed by many in France, and welcomed two time gold medalist (Athens, Beijing) and JSC SPORTS JAPAN Ambassador Ayumi Tanimoto and London Olympics gold medalist, Lucie Décosse and other Paralympians etc. as speakers.

JAPAN SPORT COUNCIL (JSC) held the “JapanｘFrance Judo Exchange Programme” together with the Japanese Embassy in France. Among the speakers were JSC SPORTS JAPAN Ambassador Ayumi Tanimoto and London Olympic gold medalist Lucie Décosse and other Paralympians etc. using the National Institute of Sport and Physical Education (INSEP), joined together by the JSN and MOU, as a venue. The exchange through judo went ahead with a wide range of participants from different ethnicities within France as well as participants with disabilities.