JCB Global Site Sports Events and Entertainment Co-Sponsored by JCB

JCB sponsors all kinds of events. From ticket competitions to entertainment invitations-only JCB can offer so much!

Tokyo Disney Resort ®

The JCB card is the official credit card of Tokyo Disneyland, the Kingdom of Dreams and Magic, and Tokyo DisneySea, where adventure and imagination set sail.
Your JCB card lets you purchase tickets, meals and merchandise without a signature.
Tokyo Disney Resort is even more fun with a JCB card.

Professor Wayne Szalinski from the Disney films Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Honey, I Blew Up the Kid creates another major happening! You'll be shrunk to the max as you enjoy the non-stop fun and surprises of this attraction.

"MicroAdventure!" is presented by JCB, an official sponsor of Tokyo Disneyland.

Venture aboard "StormRider", a new flying weather laboratory, for an exciting flight into a turbulent storm.

"StormRider" is presented by JCB, an official sponsor of Tokyo DisneySea.

Click here for more information about Tokyo Disney Resort.

Universal Studios Japan™

Click here for the Universal Studios Japan website.

AFC (Asian Football Confederation)

JCB co-sponsors AFC events. JCB provides support for Asian footballers as they take on challenge after challenge, as well as their fans.
Sponsorship of the AFC is another of JCB's continuing contributions to sports promotion in the Asian region.

* AFC (Asian Football Confederation)
The AFC was established in 1954 as one of the six continental confederations under FIFA, soccer's global governing body. The AFC is an organization consisting of 45 national and regional football associations throughout the Middle East and East Asia contributing to the promotion of soccer in the region.

Click here for the AFC official website.

Competitions supported by JCB

Japan Sumo Association

JCB supports Japan's national sport, Grand Sumo, as a sponsor of the Japan Sumo Association.

* Every year since 1996, JCB has presented a "kesho mawashi" to a wrestler from the lower or "juryo" division at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.

Central League (Nippon Professional Baseball, Central League Association)

As an official sponsor of the NPB Central League, JCB holds JCB Central League Fan Fiestas. The JCB Central League Fan Fiesta gives JCB an opportunity to sponsor some of the Central League teamsf regular games and present special events at the ballpark.

Click here for the NPB Central League official site.

JCB is the special sponsor of the JCB Classic 2007.

The historical and dramatic JCB Classic Sendai golf tournament has been reborn with a new name as the JCB Classic! The stage was also moved this year to the Hana-no-Mori Golf Club, designed by Jack Nicklaus. The top three amateur players from the JCB Amateur Challenge also qualified for the JCB Classic, which turned out to be a thrilling contest.

·Tournament·
Name	:	JCB Classic 2007
Date	:	Thursday, May 31 to Sunday, June 3, 2007
Venue	:	Hana-no-Mori Golf Club (7,038 yards, par 71),
Prize money	:	¥100 million
First prize	:	¥20 million

Hana-no-Mori Golf Club venue

2007 champion Tomohiro Kondo

·Tournament Results·
Tomohiro Kondo clinches JCB Classic 2007 thriller The JCB Classic Sendai has been reborn as the JCB Classic, and the 2007 event was held from May 31 to June 3. Held at the new location of Hana-no-Mori Golf Club, designed by Jack Nicklaus, it was a fiercely fought match befitting the start of a new era. The leaders on day two were Tetsuji Hiratsuka, chasing his second victory in two weeks, and Tomohiro Kondo. Hiratsuka maintained his fine form on day three to become the stand-alone leader, with Kondo two shots behind and tying for second place. But Kondo was matching Hiratsuka shot for shot, and on day four, at the 15th hole, he drew level on 14 under par. The deciding hole was the 16th. Hiratsuka drove his tee shot into the water on the way to a double-bogey, while Kondo sank a three-meter birdie to go three shots up. His fine come-from-behind performance earned him his first win of the season and twenty million yen in prize money. Starting from this year, the top three finishers in the JCB Amateur Challenge, Toru Nakajima, Leo Aoyama and Taiichi Watanabe, also took part. Nakajima of Waseda University was the highest placed amateur, battling through the qualifying rounds and fighting bravely to finish level 39th place at one shot over par.		18th hole scoreboard

Tomohiro Kondo	Tetsuji Hiratsuka	Hole-in-one Prize

Click here for the JCB Classic official site.

24-Hour Television "Love Saves the Earth"

Collection of JCB card contributions has finished.

Total contributions

¥7,073,241

*	as of December 2006

This year was the 29th 24-hour television "Love Saves the Earth" campaign. The program was broadcast from Saturday, August 26 to Sunday, August 27 under the theme of "emotional ties". All of the donations will go towards welfare, the environment and disaster assistance. Thank you for your support.

KidZania Tokyo

KidZania Tokyo is an edutainment^* town for children to have fun while trying to carry out some jobs and learning how society works. They get realistic social experience by doing various jobs, just like adults, and earning Kidzos, money they can later enjoy spending inside KidZania. This work experience helps children learn social rules and manners, how the economy works, and their own future potential.

*Edutainment:

Combination of "education" and "entertainment", meaning "learning while having fun"

Job details *selection only

Many jobs await the children, such as pilot, cabin attendant, model, doctor, police officer, firefighter, nail artist, burger shop attendant, etc.

·JCB's "Credit Card Center" pavilion

The Credit Card Center pavilion sponsored by JCB provides an e-money system called "e-Kidzo" that uses contactless IC cards. Like real e-money cards, the e-Kidzo card is charged with Kidzos (money only valid inside Kidzania) which can then be spent anywhere inside the edutainment town.
This fun experience with e-money helps children understand not only the convenience of a cashless economy but also the need to use cards carefully.




		E-money cards containing currency for use inside KidZania

·Click here for more information about KidZania Tokyo

Omotesando akarium

JCB carried out fund-raising activities in support of Omotesando akarium.

Thank you for your contributions.

The money donated will be given to the Zelkova Fund of the Harajuku Omotesando Keyaki-kai, a shopping center promotion association. This fund is used for keyaki (zelkova) tree conservation and cleaning up activities along Omotesando Avenue, as well as the tree planting activities of the NPO Eco Future Fund.

Tokyo Lightopia 2006

Tokyo Lightopia 2006 is the name of the illuminations created around the Tokyo Station and Marunouchi district. JCB sponsored the event under the concept of "Shining lights, sparkling people and city, nurtured dreams for the 21st century including a message for the earth, environment and peace".

*Lightopia means "place of light", and includes the desire to create a utopia using light.