It has been an incredible October here in Japan, especially on the global sports stage. Japan hosted the Volleyball Men’s World Cup, Rugby World Cup, F1 Race at Sasazuka, 2 NBA games (Raptors vs Rockets), and as I write Tiger Woods is in Chiba and leading the ZOZO Championship which is the first golf tournament …
Is Japan finally embracing a more inclusive definition of what it is to be a Japanese thanks to sport? Japan is a uniquely homogenous country on a planet in which most countries are steadily becoming more and more diverse. Immigrants make up just two per cent of Japan’s population with the majority from Korea and …
Serious: New Zealand . Not Serious: Australia .