A new dimension in Japan-Canada relations: sports exchange

Sports constitute a vital foundation of friendship between Japan and Canada, and represent an increasingly important driver of future growth in bilateral relations.
Left: Olympic figure skaters Riku Miura, left, and Ryuichi Kihara recorded a welcome message for the Canadian prime minister’s recent trip to Japan. Right: New Toronto Blue Jay Kazuma Okamoto is adding to the team’s growing popularity in Japan.

Hedrick Smith, the distinguished New York Times journalist, once explored the realities of power politics in his masterpiece The Power Game through the metaphor of American football. Sports possess the power to illuminate not only the games themselves, but ...

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