Originating from the United States, they are popular in Japan and parts of China, North Korea and Taiwan.
The exercises were introduced to several other pacific nations, including Taiwan, Hong Kong and Indonesia during Japan's colonization period.
[4] Radio taisō is still used at schools as a warm up for physical education classes and during sports day activities.
It is also implemented by some companies as a way of building morale and a sense of group unity, as well as to raise energy levels and encourage good health.
[7] Originally they were introduced by Mao Zedong in 1951[8] but the broadcasts are now run by the General Administration of Sport of China.