英文摘要 |
The significance of the Tokyo 2020 Games had already been questioned before the discussions on its postponement started due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Such doubts had even existed when Tokyo was campaigning to host the previous 2016 Games. The IOC added a section on legacy to the Olympic Charter starting with the 2003 version. It defines ''to promote a positive legacy from the Olympic Games to the host cities, regions and host countries'' as one of the IOC's missions and roles. Based on the author's awareness of the subject after reviewing Tokyo's bidding to host the Games, the paper aims to reconsider the meaning of the legacy conceived and planned by the Tokyo 2020 Games and clarify the actual practice on its concept. The paper set the following research topics and examined relevant literature and materials in Japan as the research method. First, to clarify what ''Olympic Legacy'' stood for after Tokyo was selected to host the 2020 Games, the author examined the meaning of the ''Olympic Legacy'' advocated by the IOC when Tokyo became an official candidate city for the 2020 Games. Second, to search and organize debates and opinions about the ''Olympic Legacy'' of the Tokyo 2020 Games, the author 1) reviewed the descriptions of the ''Olympic Legacy'' in major academic books published in Japan, and 2) analyzed important studies published in Japan in and after 2013, when Tokyo was selected to host the 2020 Games. The findings suggest that first, the ''Olympic Legacy'' of the Tokyo 2020 Games was characterized by Tokyo's continuous efforts and ambition to host the Olympics starting from its bidding for the 2016 Games, and the ''Olympic Legacy'' Plan for the Tokyo 2020 Games was based on this spirit; second, the lack of Olympism and vision in the ''Olympic Legacy'' of the Tokyo 2020 Games had already been noted from the bidding stage. Given that the legacy promoted by the IOC is to be formulated based on a vision of the Games, the ''Olympic Legacy'' of the Tokyo 2020 Games did appear debatable as the significance of hosting the Games had not been sufficiently discussed, and the vision had neither been adequately drawn up before Tokyo submitted the Candidature File to the IOC. Third, the concept of legacy proposed by the IOC was accepted positively and approvingly in Japan, and at the same time, the ''Olympic Legacy'' has been regarded as a starting point for resolving and diminishing debates and problems caused in different fields based on relevant interest. |