Here in Nihonmatsu Training Center (NTC), we do radio exercises at 7:00 every day after Japanese, JICA and other countires' flag raising which is different every day.
Radio Exercises started in 1928 for increase of health. At 6:30, unless an emergency occures, radio exercise program has been broadcasted every day. When I was an elementary school student, during summer vacation we had to gather in the park for them every day. After the exercises the group leader used to put the stamp on our cars. After summer vacation students who got all the stamps, i.e. who attended perfectly could get a reward with stationary or snacks. So we are quite familiar with the exercises. Roughly 100 millions people can start to do the exercises when music starts! It's amazing!!(><)
As I had an image that radio exercises are for Japanese, it was disproved in Asian Rural Insititue,the agricultural training center which accepts trainees from developing countries. I was staying there for a week just before I came to NTC and had to do the exercises every day with trainees. It was really strange that many people from different countries like Ghana, Germany, and Myanmar are doing the same exercises! So every morning at 7:00 here at NTC, I remember those days!
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