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HISTORY AND CURRENT PRACTICE The first Health and Sports Day was held on October 10 , 1966 , two years after the 1964 Summer Olympics . October was chosen for the unusually late Summer Olympics to avoid the Japanese Rainy Season , and Health and Sports Day continues to be one of the fairest days of the year. It used to be on the 10th of October because it was the day when the 1964 Summer Olympics started on Tokyo, Japan. In 2000 , as a result of the Happy Monday Seido , Health and Sports Day was moved to the second Monday in October . As Health and Sports Day is a day to promote sports and physical and mental health, many schools and businesses choose this day to hold their annual '' or 4 X 100 Metres Relay to more uncommon events such as the Tug Of War and the '' Kibasen '' (騎馬戦, mock cavalry battle). SOURCES |
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