A historical study of 15 years War and sport policy

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K19583
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 59020:Sports sciences-related
• Research Institution: Gifu Pharmaceutical University (2023); Nippon Sport Science University (2020-2022)
• Principal Investigator: Ogawa Shota 岐阜薬科大学, 薬学部, 助教 (70845817)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: スポーツ政策 / 十五年戦争 / 総力戦体制

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study is to examine the process of sports policy formation in the period of the 'Fifteen Years' War' (1931-1945) and the
social consensus, focusing on its organisational structure and policy leaders. What kind of sport was used, by whom, what role was expected and how was it embodied in state policy? In this regard, the paper discussed developments in the complex historical context of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health and Welfare and related bodies, as well as the Council for Physical Education and Sports and the National Council for Physical Fitness, which played a central role in sports policy.

Free Research Field

スポーツ歴史学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、スポーツ政策が、他の高次的な政策課題を達成するための下位政策であるのか、それとも、固有の政策課題として位置づけられるのかを問うことにつながってくる。すなわち、本研究は、スポーツ政策に関する諸問題を歴史的・社会的に位置づけ、これからのスポーツ政策をめぐる問題を考えるうえでの基礎研究でもある。