1959: 61st Season

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[JRFU] Takenosuke Okumura assumed the post of the executive director.
[Japan] The Japan national team played two matches against the Oxford and Cambridge combined team, and lost both of them.
[University] The 31st East-West University Championship had no match between Hosei and Doshisha, thus no clear national champion could be determined. Hosei won their five games with one draw in the block A of the 30th Kanto Inter-University Rugby Tournament, claiming their first tournament title. Doshisha was defeated by Kansei Gakuin 18-6 at the 31st Kansai Inter-University Rugby Tournament. However, Doshisha won four games and lost one game, which led to claiming their 13th tournament title for two consecutive years. Seinan Gakuin eliminated Nagasaki 37-0 at the 9th Kyushu University Rugby Tournament, claiming their fifth tournament title for the first time in four years.
[Company Rugby] Yahata Steel Works met Kintetsu at the final of the 12th Japan Company Rugby Football Championship. Both of these companies built the Yahata-Kintestu regime, but Yahata Steel Works held off Kintetsu this year 13-3, claiming their seventh championship title for two consecutive years.
[Rugby Sevens] The 1st YC&AC Japan Rugby Sevens began, where Yahata Steel Works became the first champion. This championship has continued to be held at the YC&AC field until now.
[International] The Oxford and Cambridge combined team came to Japan. The results of the teams other than the Japan national team were as follows: OC 46-8 All-Kanto-Kansai combined team, OC 27-3 Meiji, OC 24-17 Keio, OC 32-11 Waseda, and OC 38-8 All-Kyushu team. [International] The Taiwan national team came to Japan, and compiled a record of three wins, one draw, and four losses.