Club Activity reforms?

 I came across this article on Japan Today. 

Working in Junior High Schools, I have come across this problem quite a bit. Teachers are being assigned to supervise clubs that they are not trained for. While some teachers that supervise do have some experience in their assigned club - I've seen some teachers really get involved in clubs such as softball and basketball, and the art club I was in last year obviously had the art teacher supervising. - I've also seen some instances, especially in my current school where that isn't the case. One of the teachers I regularly speak to ended up being assigned to supervise the baseball club, though he expressed that he really wanted to supervise the soccer club, as has experience coaching soccer when he was working in China. Unfortunately, he was asked by the principal to coach the baseball team. While he is able to provide advice to students on how to condition their bodies (especially doing exercises focusing on their arms and legs), he doesn't have knowledge outside of (presumably) the basics of baseball.

I am not quite sure the full details how things work when being assigned - it's not quite clear whether the teachers are able to put some sort of preference to what club/team they want to supervise, or whether they're simply assigned at random. This news does show some promise but admittedly, three years seems a bit too long for implementing reform. Hopefully, it will also allow for teachers (and students) to have the weekend to themselves. It would also be nice for reforms to allow junior high school students the option to take club activities. As it is now, they are required to pick a club to attend after school and Saturdays. For kids that are in to that, good for them. On the other hand, I don't believe that students who don't want to get involved should be forced to participate in something after school has finished for the day.