Supporting culture and sports in each region

High School Baseball Regional Tournament

J:COM channel will broadcast live the Summer High School Baseball Regional Tournament with powerful images and realistic ^commentary.* In some areas, the Autumn High School Baseball Regional Tournament will also be broadcast as a special program. As a cable TV channel with deep roots in the community, we will deliver all the can't-miss moments, such as a pitch with all our might and a swing of the club, and support the culmination of the baseball players' activities together with the local community.

• *Some areas will be broadcast without commentary.

J:COM Flag After School Softball Tournament (Higashi Kanto Bureau)

The Higashi Kanto Bureau has been co-sponsoring tournaments hosted by the Kashiwa City Youth Baseball Federation since 2021. Eighteen teams of fifth graders and younger participated in this tournament, and J:COM provided championship flags and medals, and the event was covered and broadcast on a community channel.

J:COM Cup Sapporo District Mini Basketball Tournament (Sapporo Bureau)

In addition to hosting youth baseball tournaments for over 10 years, the Sapporo branch has participated in tournaments hosted by the Sapporo District Basketball Association since 2019, providing championship cups and medals. The tournaments are broadcast on the community channel.

Supporting the activities of Japan's SKIMO national team athletes (Gunma branch)

The Gunma branch is supporting the activities of Ayaka Ueda (affiliated with the Chuo College Group), who represents Japan in SKIMO, an official event at the 2026 Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics.
In addition to supporting Ueda, who is based in Gunma Prefecture and aims to compete in the Olympics, the company will also work to promote new regional co-creation and development/revitalization through events for local children, such as hiking and walking.

Miura Peninsula Photo Exhibition (Yokosuka Station)

Since 2019, the Yokosuka Bureau has been holding a photo exhibition related to the Miura Peninsula once a year. From 2020 onwards, as a project to support high school students who have had limited opportunities for presentations due to the corona crisis, we are soliciting works from high school photography clubs and using them as a venue for presentations.

Tanashi Shrine Ema Contest (West Tokyo Bureau)

The Ema Contest is held every year to encourage people to feel closer to local shrines. Designs are solicited from all over the country, and the awards are decided by a panel of judges made up of local artists, with the grand prize winner being selected as the design for the Ema the following year. J:COM presents the J:COM Award to elementary school students and younger.

• *The photo is the 2022 J:COM Award winning work.

High School Light Sound Festival (Osaka Central Station)

The event has been held at Zepp Namba since 2017 to support high school club activities in Osaka Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, and Wakayama Prefecture. In November 2022, it was held with an audience for the first time in three years. The performances of the 22 representative schools that made it through the preliminary rounds were a big hit, and the event was broadcast as a special program on the community channel.
Starting in 2022, the festival will also be broadcast on Amemura Vision during high school students' winter break.