New Sports
Japan Bandy Federation was established in 2011 and the same year entered Federation of International Bandy. JBF sent a team to Bandy World Championships 2012. They plan to build a bandy arena similar to Medeo and many cities are interested in hosting teams. Bandy will be included in the 2017 Asian Winter Games and JBF aim to make the team competitive.
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