Japan Rugby Football Union

Rugby union was first introduced to Japanese students at Keio University in Japan by Professor Edward Bramwell Clarke who was born in Yokohama and Tanaka Ginnosuke, both graduates of Cambridge University, in 1899. It had probably been played at the treaty ports (Kobe and Yokohama especially) before that, between teams of long-term foreign residents and visiting ships' crews etc.

Related Topics:
Rugby union - Keio University - Edward Bramwell Clarke - Yokohama - Tanaka Ginnosuke - Cambridge University - Kobe

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The JRFU was officially formed on November 30, 1926.

Related Topics:
November 30 - 1926

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Address:

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Japan Rugby Football Union,

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Kita Aoyama 2-8-35,

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Minato ward,

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Tokyo 107-0061

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Telephone: 03-3401-3321

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Fax：03-3401-6610

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