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New beach game in Venice, California introduced to the Japanese people in June 1934.
Rule is simple - if you or your ball falls, you are loser.

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Source: Press Rengo Photo News (June 1934)
Japanese boy on stilts- Grant Heights, Tokyo 1948.

Japanese Boy On Stilts-Tokyo 1948 (Grant Heights).jpg
 
I think that was "Fox Movietone News".
Thank you very much Neil for your kind advice!
I have just confirmed awkward Okada as new PM in the newsreel.
He is famous for being attacked by rebels in the 226 coup of 1936.
He survived but his brother-in-law had been misidentified as PM and killed.

Admiral Keisuke Okada assumes office--outtakes. Man on the left is interpreter.
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Source: Fox Movietone News Story 22-774
 

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