{"title":"Shenzhen's bid for the 2011 Summer Universiade and its implications for Taiwan in the international sports community","authors":"Marcus P. Chu","doi":"10.1080/21640599.2014.882614","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21640599.2014.882614","url":null,"abstract":"Holding international multi-sport events has been a means for Taiwan to tackle marginalization in the international sports community. Its cities usually obtained the hosting rights through international bids. The Chinese authorities, however, deemed that Taiwan was very likely to promote ‘Two Chinas’ and/or ‘One China One Taiwan’ policies in staging the events during the Lee Teng-hui and Chen Shui-bian eras; any Chinese bidder therefore was required to foil its Taiwanese competitor. To achieve the objective of eliminating Kaohsiung of Taiwan in the 2011 World Universiade bid, Shenzhen of China not only played the financial card to demonstrate its ambition to become the host city, but also adopted a number of strategies that rarely used in China's other bids to lobby the voters. Its success resulted in Taiwan losing an opportunity to strengthen its connection with, and escalate its status in, the international sports community and eventually hampered Taiwan's progress in tackling marginalization.","PeriodicalId":320773,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science","volume":"241 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114029485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sport, migration and national/ethnic identity of Japanese-Canadian/American players in the Japanese Ice Hockey League","authors":"N. Chiba","doi":"10.1080/21640599.2014.893714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21640599.2014.893714","url":null,"abstract":"This study seeks to understand the migratory motives and national/ethnic identity of four Japanese-Canadian/American players who represented the Japanese ice hockey team in the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics. The results indicate that three players regard learning about Japanese heritage as the most important factor in their migration to Japan. The other player states that his main motivation for migration is to earn money to support his family. Furthermore, while they consider themselves to be dual citizens, that is, nationals of both Japan and Canada/USA, they have a stronger sense of belonging with respect to their place of birth in Canada or the USA.","PeriodicalId":320773,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science","volume":"92 10","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120968531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The politicisation of sport in modern China: communists and champions","authors":"Marcus P. Chu","doi":"10.1080/21640599.2014.881110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21640599.2014.881110","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":320773,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science","volume":"115 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117173897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Opportunities and challenges: Chinese women athletes in the twenty-first century","authors":"D. Lu","doi":"10.1080/21640599.2014.881138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21640599.2014.881138","url":null,"abstract":"Through a literature review and historical and comparative analysis, this paper reviews Chinese women athletes' all-round performance in the twenty-first century, assesses the impact of Chinese economic, cultural and social change on female Chinese athletes, and investigates the opportunities and challenges confronting them in the new era.","PeriodicalId":320773,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129168978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial introduction to the special issue: new scholarship in Japan sport studies","authors":"W. Kelly","doi":"10.1080/21640599.2014.882613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21640599.2014.882613","url":null,"abstract":"The 20th-century sports world of Japan was centered on baseball and sumo, and both sports drew much of the attention of sport scholars. This special issue show cases new directions in Japan sports studiestowards other sports and towards analysis of sport and broader social issues like disability, political issues like ethnicity, and historical questions of nationalism, colonial rule, and class formation.","PeriodicalId":320773,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122146572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fighting scholars: habitus and ethnographies of martial arts and combat sports","authors":"D. Malcolm","doi":"10.1080/21640599.2013.876843","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21640599.2013.876843","url":null,"abstract":"Ple a s e no t e: Ch a n g e s m a d e a s a r e s ul t of p u blishing p roc e s s e s s uc h a s copy-e di ting, for m a t ting a n d p a g e n u m b e r s m ay no t b e r eflec t e d in t his ve r sion. For t h e d efini tive ve r sion of t his p u blica tion, ple a s e r ef e r to t h e p u blish e d sou rc e. You a r e a dvise d to cons ul t t h e p u blish e r’s ve r sion if you wish to ci t e t his p a p er.","PeriodicalId":320773,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129974913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The popularization of Japanese ‘samurai baseball’ (Bushidō yakyū) in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period","authors":"Shengqiao Lin, Yu-chi Chang","doi":"10.1080/21640599.2013.876841","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21640599.2013.876841","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this research is to explore the evolution of the sporting philosophy of ‘samurai baseball’ by analysing the process of its acceptance in Taiwan during the decades it was under Japanese colonial rule (1895–1945). The article focuses on the All Japan Middle School Baseball Tournaments, held annually in spring and summer, and the reception and notable success of the team from Chiayi Agriculture and Forestry School in southern Taiwan at the 1931 tournament. The team members included Japanese, Han Chinese and indigenous Taiwanese. The Japanese coach, Kondo Heitarō, emphasized precepts of ‘spiritual baseball’, ‘egalitarianism’ and ‘appreciation of actual strength’. The popularity of this sporting philosophy in Taiwan and the very positive reception of the baseball team from the Japanese media are evidence of the penetration of ‘samurai baseball’ even in colonies such as Taiwan.","PeriodicalId":320773,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science","volume":"195 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116220748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A miraculous revitalization of Japan? A comparative analysis of the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, the failed 2016 host city bid and the successful 2020 bid","authors":"Shuying Yuan","doi":"10.1080/21640599.2013.861665","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21640599.2013.861665","url":null,"abstract":"This article analyses the relationships between the revitalization of Japan and the hosting of the Olympic Games. It illustrates the great changes that the 1964 Games brought to Japan. It also describes the huge benefits that were expected from hosting the 2016 Games, although that bid ultimately failed. Finally, it assesses the major benefits that are expected from hosting the 2020 Games. The first part of the article introduces the main conditions of Japanese economy and society before the 1964 Games. The second part elaborates on the Games' crucial role in Japan's rapid economic and social recovery. The third part explains the main reasons for the failed 2016 bid and the economic vision that did not materialize. The final part discusses the inevitability of bidding for the 2020 Games and compares this with the 2016 bid to emphasize the significance of hosting the 2020 Olympic Games to ensuring a revitalization of Japan.","PeriodicalId":320773,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116212526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sporting disability: official representations of the disabled athlete at Tokyo's 1964 Paralympics","authors":"Dennis J. Frost","doi":"10.1080/21640599.2013.853478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21640599.2013.853478","url":null,"abstract":"Since the late nineteenth century, when sports emerged as a central component of efforts to modernize Japan, officials, intellectuals and athletes have used sports to articulate and enact their visions of Japanese bodies. Yet it was only during the post-World War II era, as Japan became involved in the emerging Paralympic Movement, that societal understandings of the sporting body expanded to include athletes with physical disabilities. The 1964 Tokyo Paralympics, the first international sporting event for disabled athletes held in Japan and the first Paralympics outside Europe, critically shaped Japanese views of disabled athletes. Focusing on official representations of disability in formal reports, a documentary film and the writings of Paralympic promoters, this article examines how these Games in many ways reinforced pre-existing medicalized views of the disabled body. At the same time, I argue that disability advocates and Paralympic athletes took advantage of the prominence of the Tokyo Paralympics to articulate and display alternate understandings of disability to a large audience. In so doing, they laid the groundwork for Japan's domestic disability sports movement and for a broader shift in perceptions of disabled athletes in post-war Japan.","PeriodicalId":320773,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116674556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Envisioning the amateur masses: the Sports Purification Movement and the fashioning of middle-class identity in leisure at Tokyo Imperial University","authors":"Jamyung Choi","doi":"10.1080/21640599.2013.853477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21640599.2013.853477","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the Sports Purification Movement (supōtsu jōka undō) initiated in 1930 by alumni of Tokyo Imperial University in the context of changing middle-class identity in modern Japan. The idea of amateur sports, which considers sports to be a space separate from both reality and work, faced serious challenges as sports came to be understood as a means of money-making and employment in interwar Japan. Tōdai alumni problematized the ‘professionalization of student sports’, which, they claimed, adversely affected academic performance. To solve this problem, they proposed the restoration of an ‘amateur identity’ of sports, and began revamping collegiate sports clubs, intercollegiate leagues and sports administration. By exploring this process, this paper examines the power of the middle-class identity among university students and alumni, and its transformation.","PeriodicalId":320773,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130154253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}