Tokyo Dome Stadium

【November 21st】

Final match of the 24th RBA Baseball Tournament Wednesday block  was between Sekisui House Keiyo and Asahikasei Homes. The game was played at Tokyo Dome Stadium on November 21st, and it was drawn at 2-2 for the fi rst time in the history of RBA Baseball Tournament, each team holding a fort. A rematch will be slated for sometime next year.

Both teams show shootout

Tokyo Dome Stadium

【November 14th】

Final match of the 24th RBA Baseball Tournament Sunday block took place between Taisei Housing and Ken Corporation. The game was played at Tokyo Dome Stadium on November 14th, and Ken Corporation defeated Taisei Housing by 6-0, winning the 10th block championship two years in a row.

Ken Corporation - champion of the Sunday block

High five!

Tokyo Hilton Hotel

【November 2nd】

As one of the activities of RBA International which advocates setting the world alight with impressive story, we have been making a strong effort to the publication activities to weave textiles of good message. Thanks to valuable efforts by Ph.D. Shigeo Momose, an emeritus professor of Meiji University, this year Daisan Kikaku Publication Co., Ltd. set afloat in succession　“Why Athlete-tempered People are Strong to Find Jobs?”, “Bushido (Japanese chivalry) and Athlete-tempered People” and “Ringer-Hut’s Challenge” in August, September and October respectively. On November 2nd a launch party was held at Tokyo Hilton Hotel, inviting some 150 persons concerned.

Ph.D Momose, the author delivers commemorative speech

Co-authors with the Olympic Judo Gold Medalist, Hidehiko Yoshida

                    「Bushido」 and Athlete-tempered People        Why Athlete-tempered People are Strong to Find Jobs?

Tokyo Hilton Hotel

【June 8th】

Lottery of preliminary tournament for the 24th RBA Baseball Tournament took place at Tokyo Hilton Hotel in the evening of June 8th, inviting the related parties, where each of match-up was decided. This year, the number of the participating teams is 53, combined of 34 teams from the Wednesday block and 19 teams from the Sunday block.

Mr. Kume, Tournament Chairman delivers opening speech at the lottery gathering

Lottery time!

Tokyo Dome Stadium

【May 29th】

The overall final match of the 23rd RBA Baseball Tournament took place at Tokyo Dome Stadium, and Asahikasei Homes defeated Ken Corporation by 4-2, winning its 11th overall championship with straight six-year win.

Having accumulated runners, Asahikasei Homes did run-scoring hits, thereby adding score, combined with flawless batting. Ken Corporation yielded 7 hits, however they could not render this reasonable number of hits decisive, most of which were defended by the opponent. Unfortunately, their big cheering group comprising some 350 people failed to cheer the team to victory.

At Tokyo Dome

Asahikasei Homes’ team tosses the manager into the air

An overall winner, Asahikasei Homes team

RBA International conducts preliminary and follow-up lessons relating to the internship program at Saitama Prefectural Koshigaya Comprehensive Technical High School.
The host company takes in three students from Saitama PKCT High School.
【January 31st, February 13th～17th and 21st】

RBA International conducted two lessons before and after the actual internship directed to 270 students in the 2nd year of Saitama PKCT High School. Given that it is inadequate to let them ordinarily experience just simulation for such a short time as a working person by visiting host companies, Chairman Kume gave the lectures as an extraordinary curriculum of the school, meeting with the schoolmaster’s approval beforehand. With the appropriate contents of the internship designed for high-school students, Daisan Kikaku, Inc. took in three students of Saitama PKCT High School as interns during five days from February 13th thru 17th.

A lecturing scene

Training at a printing factory

Message from Chairman

The course of one’s life drifts. Accompanied by wave-like emotional ups and downs of his feelings; delight, anger, sorrow and pleasure, which one cannot hold down by himself.  Such is life!

Without staying only as his inner affairs, spreading over living space having relations with other people, such state of mind of one’s daily life. This is pulsatory repetition of the differing emotions; delight, anger, sorrow and pleasure, may interweave warp and weft of human relations. Whether conscious or not, being influenced by words, deeds and their resultant behavior (energy) originating out of the human nature within himself.

Last year, extremely strong emotion of ‘sorrow’ spread over Japan.  Tsunami and after-quakes triggered by Tohoku district offshore quakes, which occurred on March 11, 2011 provoked catastrophic disaster there.  A colossal number of precious human beings were sacrificed by the disaster named later “The Great East Japan Earthquake”.

I mourn the loss of the lives.  At the same time, we are prepared for extremely strong ‘words & deeds’ and behaviors (energy) to conquer this catastrophe.  As the rest of people do, RBA International boosts every effort that people of the devastated area exert to the rehabilitation.

In our society, there is no existence of ‘myself only’ independently of troop.  One man’s happiness doesn’t exist, either.  Individual’s happiness can be brought by happiness shared by the one and others.  RBA International, therefore, does activities wishing for happiness shared among people.

We at RBA International express our hearty gratitude for Japan Self-Defense Forces to work double tides and to undertake rescue and recovery for the people, never staying on the sidelines.  Learning the spirits of Japan SDF, RBA International promises to work hard for Japan.

There is no terminal station for the activities of RBA International.  Our activities do not lie in the action of climbing to the peak of mountain, but lies in travelling across chain of mountains.  No exaggeration to say continuing to travel across chain of mountains is simply the activities of RBA International.

This year, too, I swear we bend our steps boldly to journey of sympathy we share with other people and of touching rapport we try to bridge with them.

January 2012

Specified Nonprofit Corporation RBA International

Nobuhiro Kume, Chairman

Tokyo Dome Stadium

【November 19th】

Final match of the 23rd RBA Baseball Tournament Sunday Block took place between Mitsui Fudousan Repark and Ken Corporation. The game was played at Tokyo Dome Stadium on November 19th, and Ken Corporation defeated Repark by 5-1, winning the 9th block championship for the first time in the last three years. Cheer groups including President Tanaka of Ken Corporation and Chairman Sato of Mitsui Fudousan and several directors of each corporation watched the game passionately, and Ken Corporation turned the tables and won.

The winner, Ken Corporation Team

Self-Defense Forces Sendai Station

【June 1st】

RBA International decided to donate pep products to thank many people involved for disaster relief and rehabilitation work under difficult circumstances, and at the same time to be of some assistance to them.

The goods were procured with utilizing part of donation for the Daisan Kikaku’s campaign named “ Go Japan” gathered from its clients who assented to the significance. A lot of pep drink and food comprising isotonic drink and nutrition product was directly delivered to the devastated area through RBA International.

Pep products1                                                 Pep products2

Nichido Gallery in Paris

【May 28th】

RBA International visited a gallery in Paris on May 28th for coverage, where personal exhibition by Ms. Toshiko Yokoyama took place. She is an art painter, fully utilizing materials originated in Japan such as Japanese paper and Japanese ink and its style is like combination of sumi-e and western paintings.

Sometimes calligraphy-brush characters are added as special messages appealing to visitors’ instinct. Having studied in France in 1970s, she is an official membership of "Le Salon" in Paris, also a visiting professor of Xian Conservatoire in China.
Firmly retaining posture as quoted "I am absolutely a Japanese, wherever I take my stand even in foreign countries", she will continue to produce works which impassion many people across boarders. Resonating in harmony with her attitude, RBA International started an overseas coverage, publication and supporting activities, in order to make her existence and works widely known.

(Her second exhibition article can be found here)

Ms. Toshiko Yokoyama at her personal exhibition

Personal exhibition gallery

At Galerie Nichido