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<p>Evolving for centuries in relative isolation sport in Japan developed a unique character reflective of Japanese culture and society. In recent decades Japan's drive towards cultural and economic modernization has consciously incorporated a modernization of its sports cultures. <em>Japan Sport and Society</em> provides insights into this process revealing the tensions between continuity and change tradition and modernity the local and the global in a culture facing the new economic and political realities of our modern world. The book explores three broad areas of interest:</p><ul> <li>sport and modern society in Japan</li> <li>current issues in social reconstruction and reproduction in sport</li> <li>modernization globalization and sport in Japan.</li> </ul><p>Providing unprecedented access to new work from Japanese scholars and raising key questions of globalization and cultural identity this text represents a fascinating resource for students and researchers of sport and society. </p>