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