Examines the tension between traditional models of Japanese sport, developed over centuries of relative isolation, and the forces of modernization and Japanese determination to become a global power.

Introduction: Japan, sport and society: Tradition and change in a globalizing world. Making Sport and Modern Japanese Society: 1. Innovation in martial arts: Forms of sport and modern Japanese society 2. The emergence and development of Japanese school sport 3. The Japanese baseball spirit and professional ideology

Social Reconstruction, Reproduction and Sport

Chapter Four
Economic development and the value aspect of sport

Chapter Five
Sustainable sport and environmental problems: The E-boat movement as a social experiment in green sport

Chapter Six
Voluntary associations formed through sport spectatorship: A case study of pro baseball fan club

Chapter Seven
Playfulness and gender in Japanese modern society

Modernization, Globalization and Sport: A Critical Examination

Chapter Eight
FIFA World Cup 2002: The Japanese football phenomena in cultural contexts

Chapter Nine
Physical Cognition in Sport: Something of wisdom buried in modernization

Chapter Ten
Globalization: The changing field of Japanese sport