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Welcome To The Japan-Honduras Sports Friendship Society

Both Japan and Honduras Are Sporting Nations

Welcome to The Japan-Honduras Sports Friendship Society, an organization based in Honduras which is focused on establishing friendship between the people of Japan and Honduras through sports.

Both the people of Japan and the people of Honduras love sports. The people of Honduras who love sports such as football, basketball and volleyball want to create positive friendships with the people of Japan who also love these sports. Thus a group of Honduras are facilitating the Japan Honduras Sport Friendship Society.

This was inspired by a recent visit to Honduras of four Japanese who brought used soccer ball and soccer shirts to the children of Honduras.  The soccer balls were donated by.  Soccer shirts were donated by.  Pens for children were donated by.  Used clothing was collected by .

These acts of friendship touched us in Honduras very deeply. We realized that the people of Japan were interested in our sports activities. Because of the donations we could see the people of Japan were caring, nurturing people.  We felt an immediate kinship because of our mutual love for our youth and for the sport of soccer.   We were so moved that we decided we did not want this beginning of friendship between our two countries to die.  We decided to form a Japan-Honduras Sport Friendship Society to enable this kinship to grow and flourish.

You Are Invited To Become A Member of the Japan-Honduras Sport Friendship Society

There is a long history of friendship between Japan and Honduras.  Diplomatic relations were established in February 1932.  Import export between Japan and Honduras is steadily growing.  Indeed there is a great deal of Japanese investment in Honduras.  After the Hurricane Mitch disaster,  Japan sent emergency assistance, including support through the sending of Japanese Self-Defense Forces Units.  They came as a Japanese Disaster Relief Team to Honduras.  Japan maintains an embassy and a consulate in Honduras.  There is a Honduran consulate in Japan.

Japan Has Provided Much Aid To Honduras

A major problem of developing countries is the overhanging, overwhelming debt the face.  There is a tremendous need for relief from this debt.  The government of Japan  forgave all of Honduras' $444 million bilateral debt to it in 2005.  The action was taken to support Honduras' anit-poverty programs. The money was originally loaned to Honduras to fund public works and other development projects. The Government of Japan has also decided to extend non-project grant aid totaling 1.39 billion yen to the Republic of Honduras for assistance of underprivileged farmers in the country. There have been 70 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

There is a long standing bond of friendship between these two nations because of their mutual understanding. State and high level visits between Japan and Honduras have strengthened these ties.

We in the world of football are opening doors as well  through the development of the Japan-Honduras Sports Friendship Society.  We hope to stimulate the development of friendly games and tournaments.  We also invite teams and groups in Honduras to participate in our soccer gear donation project to provide private sector cross cultural friendship and sharing.  We plan many projects including guided tours in Honduras and travel to Japan by groups from Honduras.

Some of our planned projects

The staff of Motiles, SA, as well as the Asociacion Intibucana de Comunicacion has experience and knowledge of both Japan and Honduras. The love of sports provides us with an open door for building , bridges of discovery and understanding between both countries through sport.

Our first project is the 1st Annual COPA Sapporeño, a  Japan-Honduras Friendship Tournament between Japanese teams and Honduran teams. Teams will also be invited from  Korea, Taiwan as well as teams from Mexico, the United States, Canada, Brasil and South Africa.

The second project, under development,  is to invite Japanese teams to come here for a soccer tour to include touring the ruins of Copan and other cultural sites..

The third planned is an outreach to Japanese children to participate in tree planting in Honduras through the Youth Soccer Leaders Program.

Join our community and build bridges between our countries.

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