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The Tokyo Olympics: 1940/2020

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

Asato Ikeda
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This essay reflects upon the 1940 Tokyo Olympics, explaining the socio-political context in which the Games were planned. How far has Japan come since 1940? There are issues and problems that were apparent around 1940 that have not been fully resolved. Contemporary Japanese society seems to embrace racial diversity on an unprecedented level, most visibly in sports. This embrace, however, seems to be limited to cases where the racial difference is visible and excludes those of mixed Asian ancestry due to unresolved historical issues.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , February 2020 , e11
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