The school remains the primary space for youth sports in Japan, as Table 4.1 shows. Indeed, in Japan’s school sports clubs today, many sports coaches and educators see youth sports as a vehicle for socializing young Japanese, building their character, and teaching them discipline, teamwork, and sportsmanship. In some cases, that purpose has led to the inculcation of what we call a traditional masculine (fighting) spiritualism, which is achieved via ascetic practice and/or so-called “hard training”. As a result, such concepts have become as commonplace and uncontroversial in Japanese schools as the provision of math and science classes.