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OverviewHow was baseball used to promote U.S. values in occupied Japan? The first post–war Japanese professional baseball game was held on November 23, 1945, just 100 days after the end of World War II. During the occupation of Japan, GHQ sought to suppress and regulate budo (Japanese martial arts) as a relic of Japanese pre-war militarism but encouraged the playing and watching of baseball games as an effective teamwork– and sportsmanship–building tool. Baseball in Occupied Japan examines the revival of Japanese baseball in the occupation era, focusing on how the U.S. government carried out its cultural diplomacy policy within the arena of sports. The chapters hone in on various means by which the U.S. via GHQ controlled and fostered sports in Japan as a form of cultural diplomacy, including the propagation of the image of Jackie Robinson as an example of American unification, the San Francisco Seals’ tour of Japan, the promotion of sports through CIE films and the prohibition of martial arts such as kendo. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Takeshi TanikawaPublisher: Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press Imprint: Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press Weight: 0.333kg ISBN: 9781920901981ISBN 10: 1920901981 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 30 June 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsFigures Tables Photographs Author's Biography Acknowledgements Preface Introduction 1 The Revival of 'Yakyu' and the Japan-U.S. Relationship 2 Sports Industry Reform Under the U.S. Occupation 3 The Suppression of Kendo 4 Promotion of Sports Through CIE Films 5 The Use of the Image of Jackie Robinson in VOA Radio Programs 6 The Use of the Image of Jackie Robinson in the Print Media 7 The San Francisco Seals and Coca-Cola Conclusion Appendices Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationTakeshi Tanikawa is Visiting Professor of Film History in the Graduate School of Political Science, Waseda University, and has been a cinema journalist and film critic for nearly three decades. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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