Special Olympics Issue of The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, edited by TUJ Professor and Director of Asian Studies Jeff Kingston.
With over two dozen essays in 2 volumes (Feb 15 & March 1st) ranging from 2,000 to 5,000 words, and numerous images, this is a collection that will appeal to a wide range of interests. It is difficult to do justice to such a rich trove and the array of topics and themes. There are essays on branding, diversity, LGBT rights, ethnic identity, immigration, the environment, economic issues, Olympic opposition, nuclear concerns, the 1940 and 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the Paralympics, visual culture, design, exploitation, personal memoirs and even on the actual sporting events.
To read more, click the links for each article or view the APJ archive here: https://apjjf.org/2020/4/APJ.html
(my contribution to this will appear in Part II, out the 1st of March, a new article related to our manga book on the Olympics and expanding on the issues mentioned on various pages).
With over two dozen essays in 2 volumes (Feb 15 & March 1st) ranging from 2,000 to 5,000 words, and numerous images, this is a collection that will appeal to a wide range of interests. It is difficult to do justice to such a rich trove and the array of topics and themes. There are essays on branding, diversity, LGBT rights, ethnic identity, immigration, the environment, economic issues, Olympic opposition, nuclear concerns, the 1940 and 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the Paralympics, visual culture, design, exploitation, personal memoirs and even on the actual sporting events.
To read more, click the links for each article or view the APJ archive here: https://apjjf.org/2020/4/APJ.html
(my contribution to this will appear in Part II, out the 1st of March, a new article related to our manga book on the Olympics and expanding on the issues mentioned on various pages).
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