Sports and Asia in the Age of Globalization

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The primary goal of this research project is to investigate how the globalization of sports has been accepted (or rejected) among Asian nations.In the first year, each researcher was engaged in individual researches based on their research interests. Their topics included "sports and children labor", "professional sports in the Philippines", "ethnic minority policies and physical education in China", "social modernization and physical education in China", "high school baseball organizations in Korea and Japan", "sports laborers and international immigration", "modernization and children' s plays in Thai", "Chinese and sports in Singapore", "sports in Korea under the Japanese colonization", and "sports in the Philippines under the American regime"."Group field researches" focusing on the relationship between sports and social and cultural settings were carried on the Philippines, Thailand, Korea and China, in which members met local researchers and conducted joint field researches and seminars. Their interests ranged from Moe Thai (Thai martial arts), cock fighting in the Philippines to public interests of World Cup soccer in 2002 to be held in Korea and Japan.Part of research results were summarized in a book entitled "Reading Asia through Sports", which was edited by Hajime Hirai and published by Sekaishisousha of Kyoto, Japan in 2000. The group established its homepage (http://www.yone.ac.jp/asia-sports/) to extend network among scholars interested in the globalization of sports in Asia and share information and ideas.