KASUGA Yoshimi   Faculty of Sports and Health Science Department of Sports Science   Associate Professor

■ Title   The transformation of konjo in the 1960s, focusing on the role to The Tokyo Olympic Games

■ Outline   Konjo is the willpower necessary to endure suffering, and for making an effort, having become a word in daily use in society, as well as in sports. The purpose of this study was to clarify the opportunity and the factors responsible for the transformation of konjo in Japanese society in the 1960s. Our study focused on three points: 1) Clarifying how the meaning of the word konjo changed in the 1960s, from its dictionary definition and usage in newspaper articles. 2) Clarifying the situation in which konjo became popular through the Tokyo Olympic Games, and its spread to the sports community and to society. 3) Considering the factors responsible for the transformation of konjo, and to propose a hypothesis that could account for it.   Yusuke Okabe, Hidenori Tomozoe, Yoshimi Kasuga   Collaboration   Japan Journal of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences   Japan Society of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences      2012/02

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