Includes bibliographical references and index.

Understanding Japan through the lens of Tokyo 2020

Olympics and the media

Skateboarding : "f*** the Olympics"

Political games

Number games : the economic impact of Tokyo 2020

Climbing : new sport on the block

Advertising the games : sponsoring a new era

Karate : bowing to the Olympics in style

Herculean efforts : what the construction of the Olympic Stadium reveals about working conditions in Japan

Tokyo 2020 and neighborhood transformation : reworking the entrepreneurial city

Ho(s)t city : Tokyo's fight against the summer heat

Tokyo's architecture and urban structure : change in an ever-changing city

Success story : the 1964 Tokyo Olympics

San'ya 2020 : from building to hosting the Tokyo Olympics

Baseball/softball : one more homer for Japan

Outdoor sports in the periphery : far from the compact games

Surfing : taken with a grain of salt

Tokyo's 1940 "Phantom Olympics" in public memory : when Japan chose war over the Olympics

Upgrading Tokyo's linguistic infrastructure for the 2020 Games

Sexual minorities and the Olympics

The Paralympic Games : enabling sports and empowering disability

Sex in the city

Games of Romance? Tokyo in search of love and unity in diversity

The 2020 Olympic mascot characters : Japan wants to make a difference

Olympic education : how Tokyo 2020 shapes body and mind in Japan

Sex in the village

Volunteering Japan-style : "field cast" for the Tokyo Olympics

The difference between zero and one : voices from the Tokyo anti-Olympic movements

Beyond 2020 : post-Olympic pessimism in Japanese cinema

Tokyo 2020 from the regional sidelines

Olympic leverages : the struggle for sustainable food standards

Security for the Tokyo Olympics

The Olympic and Paralympic Games as a technology showcase

Tokyo 2020 : connecting the past with the future