As Tokyo prepares to host the inaugural Olympic 3x3 basketball, freestyle BMX and skateboarding events, youth-focused "street sports" are breaking new ground in Japan, providing unexpected benefits and opportunities in some unlikely places.While the X-Games and the International Extreme Sports Festival, known as FISE, have showcased extreme and street sports worldwide since the mid-1990s, team sports, tennis and traditional Olympic sports like wrestling, gymnastics and swimming remain the most popular in Japan.But alongside the inclusion of several new-generation sports on the 2020 Olympic …READ FULL ARTICLE
