Major Initiatives at DOCOMO Regional Offices

The Hokkaido Regional Office has held youth baseball clinics at various locations around Hokkaido. DOCOMO employees affiliated with the NTT Hokkaido Baseball Club provide technical instruction on the game in cooperation with local branches, school boards and youth baseball clubs.
In fiscal 2010, youth baseball clinics were held in September in Furano and in October in Kutchan. Around 100 young people participated in each clinic.

In December 2010, the 7th DOCOMO Tohoku Youth Girls and Boys Futsal Tournament was held at gymnasiums in Sendai. A total of 24 teams—two boys and two girls teams from each of Tohoku's six prefectures—with around 370 players competed in heated matches. The tournament, sponsored by the Tohoku Regional Office, was organized by volunteers from the DOCOMO Tohoku Group's soccer club, who helped make it a rousing success.

In March 2011, the 18th NTT Group Tokai Youth Kendo Tournament was held at gymnasiums in Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture, with 700 people from 135 teams representing Tokai's three prefectures competing in the event.
The Tokai Regional Office co-sponsored the tournament, providing donations and sending four volunteer employees who helped put on the event.

The Hokuriku Regional Office holds soccer clinics for elementary and middle school students together with Zweigen Kanazawa of Ishikawa Prefecture, a soccer club in the Japan Football League. The clinics were held 20 times in fiscal 2010, drawing the participation of 561 people.

The Kansai Regional Office has held rugby clinics since fiscal 2007 that feature instruction by the Red Hurricanes, NTT DOCOMO's rugby club. The Red Hurricanes won every match in the Top West A League and Top Challenge League in the 2010-11 season, earning a promotion to the top league. In fiscal 2010, a total of nine clinics were held, and some 1,800 elementary, middle and high school students participated.
In addition, in fiscal 2010, the first Osaka Winter Challenge DOCOMO Cup was held to promote rugby to young people and improve competitive skills. Some 350 elementary school students on 21 school teams in Osaka Prefecture participated. The tournament was a wonderful display of children running their hearts out to win, shedding tears in the agony of defeat and basking in the thrill of victory.

The Chugoku Regional Office holds social events with soccer club members and soccer teams made up of people with disabilities in Hiroshima in an effort to contribute to the local community through sports. At the event held in July 2010, everyone involved had a great time running around the field and playing soccer with a smile.

The Shikoku Regional office holds tennis clinics for tennis players representing elementary schools in Shikoku that take part in soft tennis tournaments in the region. The clinics seek to improve the soft tennis skills of the players and feature instruction from members and former members of the Shikoku Regional Office's soft tennis club. In fiscal 2010, the clinic was held in Kochi in July, for some 100 elementary school students.