Runner-up in 2005, Japan Will Challenge for Gold
Japan’s national U19 men’s head coach, under the Hiroshi Yoshi will be in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada this week, for the 2008 ISF Junior Men’s World Championships.
Click here to view a translated webpage with information about the team. The translation is rough, but you’ll get the gist of it, and there are a number of good photos from the last ISF Junior Worlds, in which Japan finished second, only to three-time-defending champions, Australia.
Click here to view our story from July 2005 recapping the gold medal match between eventual champion, Australia, and runner-up, Japan.