When you hear “sports drink”, what do you think of? If you live in America, you might say “gatorade” ? Here in Japan, we can also find varieties of sports…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Be Ready to Take The Chance” Today’s story-teller is a Japanese novelist Shizuka Ijuin. His article was about former Yankees player, [W:Hideki Matsui]….

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Let Them Find for Themselves” Today’s story-teller is Hiroshi Yamamoto, a Japanese athlete who won a silver medal in archery at the 2004…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “A great man is modest” Today’s story-teller is Hirofumi Yano, the president of Daiso Sangyo Corporation, the chain of 100-yen shops. Yano likes…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “An independent adult bears responsibility for everything” Today’s story teller is a soccer player, Kazuyoshi Miura, who has played in the Japanese national…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Do your best in any environment” Today’s story teller is a former boxing world champion, [W:Guts Ishimatsu]. His story started from the word…

Now “2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa” excites people in the world. In Japan, even those who don’t usually care for soccer watch the games on TV and cheer the…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Overcoming criticism takes you to super first-class” Today’s story teller is a soccer player, [W:Kazuyoshi Miura], who has played in the Japanese national…

  You may have seen or done three-legged race but what about thirty-one-legged race? In Japan “The Elementary School Thirty-One-Legged Race Championship” was used to be held annually by TV…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Going Your Way” Today’s story teller is a novelist, Kikuko Tsumura.   “I learned from some news that even among worker bees, there…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Move by reading what’s going to happen next” Today’s story teller is a golfer Fumiko Muraguchi. She talked about when she was at…