Tokyo's 1940 bid was spearheaded by Jigoro Kano, the founder of modern judo and first Japanese member of the International Olympic Committee, who stressed the importance of bringing the Games to Asia for the first time. While Germany prepares to hold the 1936 Olympic Games, the world's two other great troublemaking nations, Italy and Japan, have been quarreling bitterly for the honor of the 1940 Olympics. the Japanese Fascist Olympics; the Event, Japanese Style; the Spectre of 1940 in Later Asian Olympics. The 1940 Olympics—officially the Games of the XII Olympiad—were cancelled, along with another coinciding event, an international Tokyo Exhibition (Tokyo tenrankai), due to increasingly serious global political and military conflicts at the time, including Japan’s war with China that began in 1937. The games were planned for Tokyo in Japan, but the Japanese organizers withdrew in 1938 because of the Second Sino-Japanese War.. Japan had planned to host the summer and winter Olympics in 1940, but the second world war forced the cancellation of both Games.. Forty …
In 1938, Japan forfeited that right. The 1940 and 1944 games.

the Japanese Fascist Olympics; the Event, Japanese Style; the Spectre of 1940 in Later Asian Olympics.
The Olympics should naturally come to Japan.

While it would have been an honor being the first nation to host an Olympic Games, the Japanese government came to the conclusion they had other priorities. "I carry a grave resolve.

The government’s decision to withdraw its bid for the 1940 Games stunned its Japanese supporters. In 1936, Japan won the right to host the 1940 Olympic Games in Tokyo. In 1938, the International Olympic Committee decided to hold the games at Helsinki in Finland.. Tokyo and Sapporo, Japan, had been originally set to host the 1940 Olympic Games, summer and winter respectively, … The brutal Japanese invasion of China in 1937 reduced support for a Tokyo Olympics in 1940 ©Wikipedia The organisers had also made tentative plans for an Olympic Torch Relay. The 1940 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Olympiad, were originally scheduled to be held from September 21 to October 6, 1940, in Tokyo, Japan.They were rescheduled for Helsinki, Finland, to be held from July 20 to August 4, 1940, but were cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II.Helsinki eventually hosted the 1952 Summer Olympics and Tokyo the 1964 Summer Olympics. This book is a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport. The 1940 Summer Olympics, officially known as Games of the XII Olympiad, were not held.. The 1940 Summer Olympics and 1940 Winter Olympics, which were scheduled to be held in Tokyo and Sapporo, Japan, respectively, were both canceled due to World War II. The games were cancelled because of World War II. The 1940 summer and winter Olympics were both scheduled to be held in Japan, the first non-Western country to host the games, but Japan forfeited its rights in 1937 when it … This work fills a gap in the literature, and provides an original addition to the history of Japanese culture, Asian cultures and the Olympic Movement.