Program

Wednesday, February 18 

Venue: Morning - Room 0.4, Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Ghent | Afternoon - Faculty Room, Blandijnberg 2

10:00-10:15

Andreas Niehaus (Ghent University)・Ishizaka Yūji (Nara Women’s University)・Yabu Kōtarō (Ritsumeikan University)

Introduction of the conference

10:15-11:00

Bram Constandt (Ghent University)

Hosting the Olympics in Times of a Pandemic: Historical Insights from Antwerp 1920
11:00-11:45

Ishizaka Yūji (Nara Women’s University)

The Emergence of Japan’s Olympic System: From Antwerp 1920 to Tokyo 2020

11:45-12:00 coffee break

12:00-12:45

Hoshino Utsuru (Konan University)

Sports and International Relations after the World War I: A Japanese Perspective

12:45-13:45 lunch break

13:45-14:30

Venue: Faculty Room, Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Ghent

Shimomura Mitsutoshi (Kawasaki City Museum)

The Thought and Action of Athlete Noguchi Genzaburō: 1888-1920

14:30-15:00 coffee break

15:00-15:45

Yabu Kōtarō (Ritsumeikan University)

The Phantom Olympian: Or Why Was Sakamoto Yuzō Stripped of His Eligibility?

15:45-16:30

Ogawa Shōta (Gifu Pharmaceutical University)

The Development of Sports Policy in Japan after the Antwerp Olympic Games and the Financing of Olympic Participation

16:30- Reception

Thursday, February 19

Venue: Faculty Room, Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Ghent

9:30-10:30

Herwig Reynaert (Ghent University)

Olympians in Flanders Fields (1908-1920)

10:30-11:00 coffee break

11:00-11:45

Ōbayashi Tarō (University of Tsukuba)

The Japanese Delegation’s Journey to the 1920 Antwerp Games: The Report of Team Captain Noguchi Genzaburō’s as Historical Source

11:45-12:30

Wada Kōichi (Kobe University of Future Health Sciences)

The 1920 Antwerp IOC Session and the 5th Far Eastern Championship Games (Shanghai, 1921): The Standoff between the IOC and the YMCA over Kanō Jigorō and Olympism

12:30-13:30 lunch break

13:30-14:15

Sige Cleve (Ghent University Student)

Belgium-Japan Relations and Japanese Athletes in theBelgian press

14:15-15:00

Hori Kana・Shimotashiro Minori (Ritsumeikan University Students)

Evolution of Japanese Footwear: Introducing Tabi into the Athletics

15:00-15:45

Toyoshima Shunji・Itō Kokoro・Onizawa Hiyori (Ritsumeikan University Students)

The Road to Antwerp from Osaka: Focus on the First Round of National Qualifiers in Japan

15:45-16:15 coffee break

16:15-18:30

KYUSHU UNIVERSITY EU STUDY TOUR PRESENTATIONS

Yatsunami Mao・Haraguchi Takuya・Iwamoto Rin・Kinoshita Yuma・Koga Urara

Japanese and Belgian Economics

17:00-17:45

Tokuchi Misaki・Yoshida Miyu・Yamasaki Uki・Ogusu Mayu・Sumantri Andi

The Languages and Society of Japan and Belgium

17:45-18:30

Matsukuma Tatsumi・Nagaki Kanon・Hirata Saaya・Nomura Aoi・Pan Duola

The Student/Youth Attitudes of Japan and Belgium

Friday, February 20

Field trip Antwerp