List of Sports Policy International Comparison (2023)
JapanUK

2) People with disabilities (over 20 years old)
Once a week at least: 30.9%
Three times a week at least: 16.9%(Japan Sports Agency, 2023)

1) Over 16 years old
Active (at least 150 minutes a week) :61.4%[Male] 63.1%[Female] 59.8%
Fairly Active (30-149 minutes a week): 11.5%[Male] 10.6%[Female] 12.3%
Inactive (1-29 minutes a week): 27.2%[Male] 26.3%[Female] 27.8%

1) Over 20 years old
Once a week at least: 52.3%[Male] 54.4%[Female] 50.2%(Japan Sports Agency, 2023)

SportsParticipation Rate2) People with disabilities or long term health condition (Over 16 years old)
Active (at least 150 minutes a week) : 45.2%
Fairly Active (30-149 minutes a week) : 12.4%
Inactive (1-29 minutes a week) : 42.4%(Active Lives Online Tool, 2020/11-2021/11)

United States of AmericaCanada1) Over 18 years old‑ 24.2% met the guidelines for both aerobic and muscle‑strengthening activities‑ 22.7% met only the guidelines for aerobic activity‑ 6.8% met only the guidelines for muscle‑strengthening activity‑ 46.3% did not meet the guidelines for either type of activity(National Health Interview Survey, 2020)
Note: Key Guidelines for Adults (Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans 2nd edition)1) At least 150 minutes (2 hours and 30 minutes) to 300 minutes (5 hours) a week of moderateintensity, or 75 minutes (1 hour and 15 minutes) to 150 minutes (2 hours and 30 minutes) a weekof vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity, or an equivalent combination of moderate- andvigorous-intensity aerobic activity.
2) Do muscle-strengthening activities of moderate or greater intensity and that involve all major
muscle groups on 2 or more days a week

18 years and older
27% (Male: 36%, Women: 19%)
＜Participation Rate＞
18%: Several times per month or less
23%: Once a week
39%: 2 to 3 times per week
19%: at least 4 times per week
(Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, 2022)

1) Sports
Participation

16.6%[Male] 16.9%
Club Participation[Female] 16.2%(SSF National Sports-Life Survey, 2022)

Number of Sports
ClubsAustralia
1) Undertook 150 minutes or more of physical activity in a week
18-24: 80.6%
25-34: 73.3%
35‑44: 71.8％
45-54: 71%
55-64: 72.4%(Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2020-2021)
2) Overall Participation：13,500,000 people, 62.6% (Male: 60.3%, Female: 64.9%)(over 15 years old and at least 3 times per week participation)
・1+/year：88.9%
・1+/week：80.5%
・3+/week：62.6%
・5+/week：42.2%
・7+/week：26.4%
・Over 18 years old with Disabilities, at least 3 times per week participation: 1,870,000
52.6% (Male: 51.2%, Female: 53.9%)(AusPlay, 2021-2022)

34.1%: Participated club activity at least twice in the last 28 days:(Active Lives Online Tool, 2020/11-2021/11)

64.2 million*Total U.S. Health Club Membership (including YMCA, JCC, etc)
(IHRSA, 2019)

N/A【2021‑2022】
Over 19,000,000 people(Participation through an organisation or venue)

74,233*Clubs affiliated to English or English-based National Govering Bodies.
(Sport England / Sheffield Hallam Univesity, 2017)

31,028*Total Number of U.S. Health Clubs(IHRSA, 2022)

N/A

N/A

Department of Health and Human Services

Sport Canada,
Department of Canadian Heritage

Department of Health and Aged Care

Department for Education

Department of Education

Provincial and Territorial governments

Department of Education

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Japan Sports Agency

Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Human Services

Health Canada

Department of Health and Aged Care

Basic Act on Sport (2011)

Safety of Sports Grounds Act (1975)

Title IX, 20 U.S.C Education Chapter 38 (1972)

National Sports of Canada Act (1994)

Olympic Insignia Protection Act (1987)

Sports Promotion Lottery Law (1998)

Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act (1992)

Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (1992)

Physical Activity and Sport Act (2003)

Australian Sports Commission Act (1989)

Act on the Japan Sport Council (2002)

London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act (2011)

Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act (1998)

Australian Sports Anti‑Doping Authority Act (2006)

Act on the Promotion of Anti-Doping Activities in Sport (2018)

Sports Grounds Safety Authority Act (2011)

Physical Education for Progress Act (2000)

Sport Integrity Australia Act (2020)

Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act (2017)

National Sports Tribunal Act (2019)[Comprehensive Community Sports Clubs] 3,584(Japan Sports Agency, 2023)[Junior Sport Clubs] 28,056(Japan Sport Association, 2022)

Department for Culture, Media & SportSportsJapan Sports Agency

2) Govermental
Authority

Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Cabinet Office, The Disability Unit

Para-Sports

School Education
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(physical education
Japan Sports Agencyclass)
Health Promotion

3) Acts on Sports

Name of Acts

Other home countries
Scottish Government, Minister for Public Health, Women's Health and Sport
Welsh Government, Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, and Chief Whip
Northern Ireland Executive, Deparment for Communities

Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act (2020)
Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athletes Act (2020)
Equal Pay for Team USA Act (2022)

4) Sports BasicPlan5) NationalSporting Budget

Name

Third Sport Basic Plan

Get Active: a strategy for the future of sport and physical activity

Healthy People 2030

Publisher

Japan Sports Agency

Department for Culture, Media & Sport

Department of Health andHuman Services

The National Youth Sports
Strategy
Department of Health andHuman Services

August 2023

August 2020

Date of Publication March 2022

7) Major Sports
Institutions8) Sports Facilities

9) Sports
Instructor
Certification
ProgramCanadian Sport Policy 2012

Canadian Sport Policy Renewal (2023-2033) Sport 2030

Sports Diplomacy 2030

Centers for Disease Control andPrevention

Department of Canadian Heritage

Department of Canadian Heritage

Australian Sports Commission

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade2019

2018

June 2012

Will be published in 2023

August 2018

February 2019

N/A

2018 to 2027

2012 - 2022 (10 years)

2023 - 2033 (10 years)

2018 - 2030

2019 - 2030

Duration

April 2022 to March 2027 (5 years)

2023 to 2030

2020 to 2030

Amount35,900,150,000 JPY

283,311,000 GBP (2022-23)

N/A

327,068,407 CAD (2022-2023)

728,143,000 AUD (2022-2023)

0.03%

0.02%

N/A

0.07%

0.11%

Japan Sport Council

Sport England, UK Sport

United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC)

Provincial & Territorial governments and lotteries

Australian Sports Foundation (ASF)

Origin of FundSports Promotion Lottery

National Lottery

Sponsorship, Contributions, etc.

Provincial & Territorial governments budget, or proseeds of lotteries

Donation

Distribution toSports

17,179,000,000 JPY (2022)

361,551,000 GBP (2021)

269,209,000 USD (2021)

N/A

77,039,457 AUD (2021)

Japan Sport Council (JSC): 180,114,000,000 JPY (2021)

UK Sport: 152,900,000 GBP (2020)

Canadian Olympic Committee: 61,907,000 CAD (2021)Australian Olympic Committee: 46,567,000 AUD (2021)

Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC): 13,791,000,000 JPY (2021)

Sport England: 452,471,000 GBP (2021)

Canadian Paralympic Committee: 25,747,536 CAD (2022)

Paralympics Australia: 26,156,277 AUD (2022)

Japanese Paralympic Committee (JPC): 3,459,000,000 JPY (2021)

Sport Scotland: 41,381,000 GBP (2021)

Own The Podium: 6,791,162 CAD (2022)

Australian Sports Commission: 358,696,000 AUD (2022)

Japan Sport Association (JSPO): 3,145,000,000 JPY (2021)

Sport Wales: 58,546,000 GBP (2021)

National Recreation Association of Japan: 434,000,000 JPY (2021)

Sport Northern Ireland: 27,584,682 GBP (2021)

N/A

Approximately 182,000 recreational and sport facilities(Statics Canada, 2021)

N/A

Chartered Institute for the Management ofSport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA)

National Governing Bodies, National Collegiate Athletic Association, etc.

Coaching Association of Canada

Each National Sporting Organisations (NSOs)

CIMSPA Endorsed Qualificatioon

Appropriate certification vary depending on the facilities or institutions.
e.g. USA Volleyball Member Coach (USA Volleyball), Gold Coach License (USA Basketball), NCAA
Coaches Certification (NCAA)National Coaching Certification Program

N/A

N/A

Instruction Coaches: 13,106
Competition Coaches: 11,908
N/A
Community Sport Coaches: 18,969
Total 43,983 Coaches Trained (Male: 64.1%, Female: 35.8%, Other: 0.1%, 2019-2020)

Proportion inNational Budget
Distributor6) Sports
Promotion Budget(lottory, donation,etc)

Active People, Healthy Nation

Institutions andBudget

Number of Public 45,680 facilities
Sports Facilities (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 2022)

More than 150,000 facilities(Active Places)

Coaching Authority Japan Sport Association

UK Coaching

Certification
ProgramNumber ofCoaches /Certification
Holders

Sports Instructor Qualification Scheme219,625 (except Sports Basic Leader)
648,537 (incl. Sports Basic Leader) as of October 2022

UK Coaching Certificate

More than 173,000(Registered to UK Coaching, 2021)

United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee: 479,416,000 USD (2021)

N/A