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[JRFU] On 3 April, the chairpersons and board directors of prefectural rugby football unions all across Japan met together for the first time, announcing a strategic plan for the next decade. A consensus was made to make efforts as much as possible to develop and strengthen Japanese rugby, having the following eight objectives: 1. Expansion of players, 2. Expansion of fans, 3. Expansion of people involved, 4. Strengthening of the Japan national team, 5. Strengthening of sevens rugby, 6. Strengthening of the financial base, 7. Contribution to Asia, and 8. Strengthening of the organisational structure.
[Japan] * The Japan national team won big in the Asian Five Nations Tournament. But this result threw cold water on the goal of increasing the level of Asian rugby, causing the significance of this tournament to be called into question.
* The Japan national team had a match against New Zealand North Harbour during a strengthening camp as they left for the Pacific Nations Cup. In spite of a loss against Fiji, they won tight games against Samoa and Tonga, which raised expectations for the RWC 2011. Even though they lost to Samoa that came to Japan in October by only three points behind, they showed that it would be possible to be matched with Samoa and Fiji class teams.
The IRB Pacific Nations Cup 2010 (5th)
Fiji 22-8 Japan; Japan 31-23 Samoa
Japan 26-23 Tonga
* The Samoa national team came to Japan for the first time: Samoa 13-10 Japan
* The Russia national team came to Japan for the second time: Japan 75-3 Russia
[Japan Rugby Championship] In the 48th Japan Rugby Championship, Suntory Sungoliath beat the Sanyo Electric Wild Nights 37−20 claiming their fourth championship title (including one draw title) and for the first time in nine years.
[Top League] In the league matches, Toshiba Brave Lupus, Sanyo and TOYOTA Verblitz tied with 11 wins and 2 losses. But Toshiba came in first with 57 points, Sanyo and Toshiba tied with 55 points. On goal differential, Sanyo came in second and TOYOTA came third. In the play-off, in the semi-final, Sanyo beat TOYOTA 32−10 and Suntory beat Toshiba 17−12. In the final, Sanyo beat Suntory 28−23 and claimed their first league title.
[University] In the 47th All-Japan University Rugby Championship, starting with the first match, Teikyo beat Kanto Gakuin, Keio, and Tokai, and won against Waseda 17−12 in the final achieving their consecutive titles. In the 81st Kanto Inter-University Rugby Tournament, Waseda, Keio, and Meiji were deadlocked, and on goal differential, Waseda came in first, Keio came in second, and Meiji came in third. In the 44th Kanto University Rugby League, Tokai won all their seven matches claiming their fourth league title for four years in a row. In the 82nd Kansai University Rugby League, Tenri claimed their ninth league title and for the first time in 35 years, winning all their matches. After claiming the title of the Kyushu University Rugby League, winning all of their seven matches, Fukuoka University also won the First Division Final completely, sweeping all their three matches.
[Sevens Rugby] In November, in the 16th Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China, the Japan national sevens team beat Hong Kong 28−21 in the final claiming their consecutive titles following the 15th Asian Games Doha.
[Women's Rugby] In August, the Japan women's national team toured England for training with one win and one loss. In April, the Hong Kong women's national team came to Japan with two losses.
[International] In March 2011, the Japan U18 national team toured abroad for the 36th time to Scotland and Wales with two wins and two losses.
[JRFU] On 3 April, the chairpersons and board directors of prefectural rugby football unions all across Japan met together for the first time, announcing a strategic plan for the next decade. A consensus was made to make efforts as much as possible to develop and strengthen Japanese rugby, having the following eight objectives: 1. Expansion of players, 2. Expansion of fans, 3. Expansion of people involved, 4. Strengthening of the Japan national team, 5. Strengthening of sevens rugby, 6. Strengthening of the financial base, 7. Contribution to Asia, and 8. Strengthening of the organisational structure.
[Japan] * The Japan national team won big in the Asian Five Nations Tournament. But this result threw cold water on the goal of increasing the level of Asian rugby, causing the significance of this tournament to be called into question.
* The Japan national team had a match against New Zealand North Harbour during a strengthening camp as they left for the Pacific Nations Cup. In spite of a loss against Fiji, they won tight games against Samoa and Tonga, which raised expectations for the RWC 2011. Even though they lost to Samoa that came to Japan in October by only three points behind, they showed that it would be possible to be matched with Samoa and Fiji class teams.
The IRB Pacific Nations Cup 2010 (5th)
Fiji 22-8 Japan; Japan 31-23 Samoa
Japan 26-23 Tonga
* The Samoa national team came to Japan for the first time: Samoa 13-10 Japan
* The Russia national team came to Japan for the second time: Japan 75-3 Russia
[Japan Rugby Championship] In the 48th Japan Rugby Championship, Suntory Sungoliath beat the Sanyo Electric Wild Nights 37−20 claiming their fourth championship title (including one draw title) and for the first time in nine years.
[Top League] In the league matches, Toshiba Brave Lupus, Sanyo and TOYOTA Verblitz tied with 11 wins and 2 losses. But Toshiba came in first with 57 points, Sanyo and Toshiba tied with 55 points. On goal differential, Sanyo came in second and TOYOTA came third. In the play-off, in the semi-final, Sanyo beat TOYOTA 32−10 and Suntory beat Toshiba 17−12. In the final, Sanyo beat Suntory 28−23 and claimed their first league title.
[University] In the 47th All-Japan University Rugby Championship, starting with the first match, Teikyo beat Kanto Gakuin, Keio, and Tokai, and won against Waseda 17−12 in the final achieving their consecutive titles. In the 81st Kanto Inter-University Rugby Tournament, Waseda, Keio, and Meiji were deadlocked, and on goal differential, Waseda came in first, Keio came in second, and Meiji came in third. In the 44th Kanto University Rugby League, Tokai won all their seven matches claiming their fourth league title for four years in a row. In the 82nd Kansai University Rugby League, Tenri claimed their ninth league title and for the first time in 35 years, winning all their matches. After claiming the title of the Kyushu University Rugby League, winning all of their seven matches, Fukuoka University also won the First Division Final completely, sweeping all their three matches.
[Sevens Rugby] In November, in the 16th Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China, the Japan national sevens team beat Hong Kong 28−21 in the final claiming their consecutive titles following the 15th Asian Games Doha.
[Women's Rugby] In August, the Japan women's national team toured England for training with one win and one loss. In April, the Hong Kong women's national team came to Japan with two losses.
[International] In March 2011, the Japan U18 national team toured abroad for the 36th time to Scotland and Wales with two wins and two losses.