Nagase-Kenko Corporation Participates as Partner in French School Championship and Tee-Ball Program

Tokyo -- June 3, 2004 -- Nagase-Kenko Corporation recently participated in the National Baseball College School Championship (12/15 years old) in Cahors, which is located in the southwest of France. In this championship eight teams qualified to participate from 45 French teams. Each team received a dozen Kenko baseballs.

Please click here to view pictures of the French National Baseball College School Championship closing ceremony.

During the competition a clinic was held with several physical education teachers and ten boxes of Kenko softballs (G3K-RV) were handed out.

This month a tee-ball program (6/11 years old) is also being arranged for elementary school children. There will be an initiation day ceremony on June 18th for 500 children which is being held close to Paris. Invitations were sent out to different schools and different sport personalities are expected to be in attendance.

Nagase-Kenko Corporation looks forward to participating as a partner for this special event. On this occasion we will introduce ourselves to the elementary school federation and validate our teaching and coaching concepts.

Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Nagase Kenko Corporation is a global, multi-line sporting goods company. In addition to its AirSafety and Universal Regulation baseballs, NKC markets a wide range of sporting good products and services through its Team Sports and Tennis, Sports Flooring and Gymnastics Equipment and International Sales and Marketing divisions.

Presently employing a staff of over 250 individuals, NKC maintains four Japanese manufacturing facilities and three regional sales offices in Osaka, Fukuoka and Hokkaido. It also maintains a growing network of agents, distributors and representatives who help to manage its international sales and marketing and promotional activities.

For more information on NKC, Kenko products, services and sports marketing programs, please visit http://www.kenkobaseball.com or contact the representative indicated below.

Contact:
Alex Rabin
KWR International, Inc.
Tel. +1-212-532-3005
Fax. +1-212-685-2413
E-mail: kenko@kwrintl.com.