A few days ago, the Japan Table Tennis Association officially released the name JTTA PROJECT 100, which is the long-term plan for the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Japan Table Tennis Association, announcing that it will surpass China in 2031 (the 100th anniversary of the Japan Table Tennis Association) and become the world's first table tennis power.
The Japan Table Tennis Association Nagato Shigeyoshi said at a press conference that he thanked the predecessors who accumulated history, and at the same time, for the further development of The Japanese table tennis project, the association formulated the project.
He explained that this year marks the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the Japan Table Tennis Association, and we have decided to issue a mission and 6 visions for 2031, the 100th anniversary of the association, and to achieve this goal, we have also developed 15 action plans.
The most important vision of this is to become the world's first, so the association will increase its efforts in the intensive training of top players and strive to build a consistent guidance system for all generations (sic, I don't know what).
The other five visions of the Japan Table Tennis Association are: supporting a rich table tennis life, cultivating table tennis into a national sport, improving the career value of table tennis in society, unifying the management of the National Games and continuously developing the organization of the Table Tennis Association. It's all a bunch of stuff
However, the Japan Table Tennis Association has a plan worth paying attention to: they will launch a table tennis TV in 2022, showing table tennis matches, documentaries and training throughout the day. If it could be achieved, it would be the world's first professional table tennis TV channel. At the very least, China is stepping up in this regard.