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A few months back we found an engaging article by Midori Masujima examining the evolving role of Japanese athletes as cultural ambassadors. Finally, you can read that article online, in a PDF of the October 2001 Japan Foundation newsletter. Other...

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The Japan Foundation Newsletter is a great source of high-brow and middle-brow writing in English on Japanese culture. The October 2001 Issue (Marked Volume XXIX Number 1) contains an article about Japanese sports figures playing overseas: "How Japanese Athletes Are...

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