Radio calisthenics (ラジオ体操 rajio taisō, literally, "radio exercises") refers to warm-up calisthenics popular in Japan, which are broadcast to music on public NHK radio early in the morning.
Rajio taisō were introduced to Japan in 1928 as a commemoration of the coronation of Emperor Hirohito.[1] The idea for radio broadcast calisthenics came from the US, where during the 1920s the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
sponsored 15-minute radio calisthenics in major cities in the US.
Visiting employees of the Japanese postal insurance division brought
samples of the exercises from the US back to Japan.[1]
The
exercises were introduced to several other pacific nations, including Taiwan, Hong Kong and Indonesia during Japan's colonization period.
Radio taisō is still used at schools, mainly during sports day
activities and by some companies as a way of building morale and a
sense of group unity, as well as to raise energy levels and encourage
good health.[2]
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