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Introduction: Researching Sport and the Political Economy of the Body in Japan  Part One: Configurations of Modernity: Sport, the Body and the Nation  1. Modern Bodies, Capital Cities: The Institutionalization of Sport in Late Nation States  2. Creating Space: Urbanity and Modernity in the Japanese Sport Landscape  3. Sport, Body Control and National Discipline in Prewar and Wartime Japan  Part Two: New Roles, New Faces: Sport in the Service of Various Masters  4. Sport and Gender in the Japanese Classroom  5. How to Sell a Public Good: The Current State of Sport Supply in Japan  6. Sport and Challenges of the Aged Society in Japan  7. Health, Lifestyle Risks and the Japanese Obesity Crisis  8. The World Cup Comes to Town: Critical Investigation of the Political Economy of Sport Mega-Events  Part Three: Global Dimensions: Sport and Geo-Politics of the Body  9. The Global Game in the Service of Japan’s Foreign Diplomacy  10. Sport, Spectacles and Subalternity: Positioning East Asia in World Sports  11. Japan, Asia and the New International Division of Sport Apparel Labour.  Epilogue: Japanese Sport and Global Body Culture.