Japan Through the Lens of the Tokyo Olympics Open Access
1st Edition
Published on 23. April 2020
162 pages
978-1-000-05771-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book situates the 2020 Tokyo Olympics within the social, economic, and political challenges facing contemporary Japan.
Using the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as a lens into the city and the country as a whole, the stellar line up of contributors offer hidden insights and new perspectives on the Games. These include city planning, cultural politics, financial issues, language use, security, education, volunteerism, and construction work. The chapters then go on to explore the many stakeholders, institutions, citizens, interest groups, and protest groups involved, and feature the struggle over Tokyo's extreme summer heat, food standards, the implementation of diversity around disabilities, sexual minorities, and technological innovations. Giving short glimpses into the new Olympic sports, this book also analyses the role of these sports in Japanese society.
Japan Through the Lens of the Tokyo Olympics will be of huge interest to anyone attending the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020. It will also be useful to students and scholars of the Olympics and the sociology of sport, as well as Japanese culture and society.
Using the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as a lens into the city and the country as a whole, the stellar line up of contributors offer hidden insights and new perspectives on the Games. These include city planning, cultural politics, financial issues, language use, security, education, volunteerism, and construction work. The chapters then go on to explore the many stakeholders, institutions, citizens, interest groups, and protest groups involved, and feature the struggle over Tokyo's extreme summer heat, food standards, the implementation of diversity around disabilities, sexual minorities, and technological innovations. Giving short glimpses into the new Olympic sports, this book also analyses the role of these sports in Japanese society.
Japan Through the Lens of the Tokyo Olympics will be of huge interest to anyone attending the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020. It will also be useful to students and scholars of the Olympics and the sociology of sport, as well as Japanese culture and society.
Reviews / Votes
Written by leading experts on Japanese sport and society, this is the perfect guide for anyone - sports fan, tourist, or armchair viewer - wanting to know the inside story about the Games and Japan in the 21st century.John Horne, Waseda University, Japan
Full of fascinating insights and information, it is sure to become a bible for anyone intending to attend (or even just watch) the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Definitely a winner.
Roger Goodman, University of Oxford, UK
This is an essential briefing for anyone wishing to know what is at stake as Tokyo hosts this global sporting mega-event.
William W. Kelly, Yale University, USA
Take this book along as you ride the trains and explore the city. It will be valuable long after the last medal has been awarded.
Patricia Steinhoff, University of Hawaii, USA
This insightful overview of the intersection of Japan with the Olympics has something for everyone, whether academics, journalists, fans of Olympics or fans of Japan.
Susan Brownell, St. Louis University, USA
An outstanding guide for those seeking to understand contemporary Japan and its future direction.
Glen S. Fukushima, Former President, American Chamber of Commerce, Japan Written by leading experts on Japanese sport and society, this is the perfect guide for anyone - sports fan, tourist, or armchair viewer - wanting to know the inside story about the Games and Japan in the 21st century.
John Horne, Waseda University, Japan
Full of fascinating insights and information, it is sure to become a bible for anyone intending to attend (or even just watch) the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Definitely a winner.
Roger Goodman, University of Oxford, UK
This is an essential briefing for anyone wishing to know what is at stake as Tokyo hosts this global sporting mega-event.
William W. Kelly, Yale University, USA
Take this book along as you ride the trains and explore the city. It will be valuable long after the last medal has been awarded.
Patricia Steinhoff, University of Hawaii, USA
This insightful overview of the intersection of Japan with the Olympics has something for everyone, whether academics, journalists, fans of Olympics or fans of Japan.
Susan Brownell, St. Louis University, USA
An outstanding guide for those seeking to understand contemporary Japan and its future direction.
Glen S. Fukushima, Former President, American Chamber of Commerce, Japan
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
2 Line drawings, black and white; 21 Halftones, black and white; 23 Illustrations, black and white
File size
7,39 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-000-05771-3 (9781000057713)
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Barbara Holthus | Isaac Gagne | Wolfram Manzenreiter
Japan Through the Lens of the Tokyo Olympics Open Access
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05/2020
1st Edition
Routledge
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Barbara Holthus | Isaac Gagne | Wolfram Manzenreiter
Japan Through the Lens of the Tokyo Olympics Open Access
Book
05/2020
1st Edition
Routledge
€37.10
Shipment within 15-20 days
Persons
Barbara Holthus, Ph.D., is a sociologist and deputy director of the German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo, Japan. Her main research interests include marriage and the family, childcare, happiness and well-being, media, as well as demographic change. Publications include Life Course, Happiness and Well-being in Japan (2017, Routledge, ed. with W. Manzenreiter).
Isaac Gagne, Ph.D., a cultural anthropologist, is a senior research fellow at the German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo, Japan and managing editor of Contemporary Japan. He is a cultural anthropologist working on mental health and social welfare, morality and ethics, and religion. Publications include "Religious globalization and reflexive secularization in a Japanese new religion" (2017, Japan Review).
Wolfram Manzenreiter is professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria. His research is concerned with social and anthropological aspects of sports, emotions, rural Japan, and transnational networks of the Japanese diaspora. Publications include Sport and Body Politics in Japan (2014, Routledge).
Franz Waldenberger is an economist and director of the German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo, Japan. His research focuses on the Japanese Economy in comparative perspective. Recent publications include "Society 5.0. Japanese Ambitions and Initiatives" in The Digital Future (2018, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung).
Isaac Gagne, Ph.D., a cultural anthropologist, is a senior research fellow at the German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo, Japan and managing editor of Contemporary Japan. He is a cultural anthropologist working on mental health and social welfare, morality and ethics, and religion. Publications include "Religious globalization and reflexive secularization in a Japanese new religion" (2017, Japan Review).
Wolfram Manzenreiter is professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria. His research is concerned with social and anthropological aspects of sports, emotions, rural Japan, and transnational networks of the Japanese diaspora. Publications include Sport and Body Politics in Japan (2014, Routledge).
Franz Waldenberger is an economist and director of the German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo, Japan. His research focuses on the Japanese Economy in comparative perspective. Recent publications include "Society 5.0. Japanese Ambitions and Initiatives" in The Digital Future (2018, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung).
Content
1. Understanding Japan through the lens of Tokyo 2020 2. Olympics and the media 3. Skateboarding: "F*** the Olympics" 4. Political games 5. Number games: The economic impact of Tokyo 2020 6. Climbing: New sport on the block 7. Advertising the Games: Sponsoring a new era 8. Karate: Bowing to the Olympics in style 9. Herculean efforts: What the construction of the Olympic Stadium reveals about working conditions in Japan 10. Tokyo 2020 and neighborhood transformation: Reworking the entrepreneurial city 11. Ho(s)t city: Tokyo's fight against the summer heat 12. Tokyo's architecture and urban structure: Change in an ever-changing city 13. Success story: The 1964 Tokyo Olympics 14. San'ya 2020: From building to hosting the Tokyo Olympics 15. Baseball/softball: One more homer for Japan 16. Outdoor sports in the periphery: Far from the compact games 17. Surfing: Taken with a grain of salt 18. Tokyo's 1940 "Phantom Olympics" in public memory: When Japan chose war over the Olympics 19. Upgrading Tokyo's linguistic infrastructure for the 2020 Games 20. Sexual minorities and the Olympics 21. The Paralympic Games: Enabling sports and empowering disability 22. Sex in the city 23. Games of Romance? Tokyo in search of love and Unity in Diversity 24. The 2020 Olympic mascot characters: Japan wants to make a difference 25. Olympic education: How Tokyo 2020 shapes body and mind in Japan 26. Sex in the Village 27. Volunteering Japan-style: "Field cast" for the Tokyo Olympics 28. The difference between zero and one: Voices from the Tokyo anti-Olympic movements 29. Beyond 2020: Post-Olympic pessimism in Japanese cinema 30. Tokyo 2020 from the regional sidelines 31. Olympic leverages: The struggle for sustainable food standards 32. Security for the Tokyo Olympics 33. The Olympic and Paralympic Games as a technology showcase 34. Tokyo 2020: Connecting the past with the future
