An annual survey on the physical fitness of Japanese children shows that they just don't have the right stuff like they used to, and that is likely due to a lack of opportunities to exercise stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Japan Sports Agency on Dec. 24 released the results of its latest study that found record low levels in physical fitness among boys in the fifth grade as well as the second year of junior high school. Between April and July, around 2.01 million children across Japan in those two grades took part in a physical fitness program that measured eight activities, including sit-ups, 20-meter shuttle runs, the standing long jump and throwing a softball or handball. Scores were given for each item and the figures totaled for every student. The result was dismal. Boys scored the lowest scores since the program began in 2008.