According to a survey conducted in February 2021 in Japan, **** percent of respondents stated that they participated in sports or physical exercises **** days or more per week on average in the past year. The February 2021 survey had similar results to a previous survey, revealing that there was no substantial change in the frequency of sports participation after the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sasakawa Sports Foundation. (July 7, 2021). Frequency of participating in sports and physical activities amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Japan as of February 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171401/japan-frequency-doing-sports-coronavirus/
Sasakawa Sports Foundation. "Frequency of participating in sports and physical activities amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Japan as of February 2021." Chart. July 7, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171401/japan-frequency-doing-sports-coronavirus/
Sasakawa Sports Foundation. (2021). Frequency of participating in sports and physical activities amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Japan as of February 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171401/japan-frequency-doing-sports-coronavirus/
Sasakawa Sports Foundation. "Frequency of Participating in Sports and Physical Activities amid The Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) Outbreak in Japan as of February 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171401/japan-frequency-doing-sports-coronavirus/
Sasakawa Sports Foundation, Frequency of participating in sports and physical activities amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Japan as of February 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171401/japan-frequency-doing-sports-coronavirus/ (last visited July 15, 2025)
Frequency of participating in sports and physical activities amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Japan as of February 2021 [Graph], Sasakawa Sports Foundation, July 7, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171401/japan-frequency-doing-sports-coronavirus/
