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The competition for soft power is at the heart of the Olympics. This year, the opening ceremony will be crucial for Japan.
These will not only be the most expensive Summer Games ever, they have likely come at a tremendous reputational cost for the IOC.
The Tokyo Olympics officially open on July 23 – one year later than originally planned and in an Olympic stadium that will be empty of spectators thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. While Tokyo is not the…
The economic benefits of the Olympics are in question like never before.
Japan is showing increased support for Taiwan in the face of relentless pressure from China. Here’s why Taiwan matters so much to Tokyo and what it’s prepared to do about it.
But it’s the taking part that counts.
It’s easy to assume that the practice has few, if any, downsides. But a new study explored some of its social repercussions.
As COVID empties the Tokyo 2020 bleachers, will the economic benefits of hosting in the first place outweigh the losses incurred by not having tourists?
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Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is sinking in the polls under intense criticism over his handling of the Tokyo Games. And yet, he may still get over the line in national elections this year.
The G-7 nations, which include the US and UK, form the foundation of the modern global economy.
Look back in anger – and forward with better policies.
Even when there’s no pandemic underway, the local economy may take a hit.
No sightseeing, cheering, singing or (at least officially) sex. This is what an Olympic Games during a pandemic could look like.
Japan is going through its fourth wave, testing rates are low and case numbers are climbing. Now athletes aren’t happy with the IOC’s plans to protect them.
The majority of Japanese people are opposed to the games going ahead, but there’s more to the decision to hold the Olympics than public opinion.
Why do nuclear plants produce radioactive water – and what happens when that water gets into the ocean?
The spy alliance has had the same membership for more than 60 years. That could be about the change.
How Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government handles the games may just determine its fate in elections this year.
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Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Kyoritsu Women's University
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Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University., La Trobe University
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Lecturer in International Relations and Japanese Foreign Policy, University of East Anglia
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Adjunct professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Adjunct Professor, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
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Research Fellow in the Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Antarctic Law Researcher, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies and the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer in International Relations, Loughborough University
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Lecturer, Language and Culture, Keele University
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Senior Lecturer, Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University
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Adjunct professor, School of Media and Communications, RMIT University
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Professor of International Law, University of Sydney
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Reader in Asian Studies, University of Birmingham
