Abstract
Finding baseball among the five new sports for Tokyo 2020 was highly predictable. Baseball was first introduced to Japan in 1872 and quickly developed a fan base among students and industrial workers. This chapter outlines the century-old history or baseball and its relation with the Olympics.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Japan through the Lens of the Tokyo Olympics |
| Editors | Barbara Holthus, Isaac Gagné, Wolfram Manzenreiter, Franz Waldenberger |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Chapter | 15 |
| Pages | 59 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781003033905 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 May 2020 |
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 504027 Special sociology
- 602020 Japanese studies
Keywords
- Olympic Games
- Baseball
- Japan
- Tokyo 2020
- Softball