日本侵华战争与“流产”的东京奥运会

The Japanese War of Aggression Against China and the “abortive” Tokyo Olympic Games

日本侵华战争与1940年东京奥运会的“流产”有着密切的关系。日本在发动侵华战争的同时申办奥运会，不仅得到军部的支持，而且受惠于当时有利的国际局势。然而，随着侵华战争的不断扩大和长期化，奥运会失去了利用价值，遭到日本抛弃。1940年东京奥运会的命运是近代东亚体育的缩影，在日本侵华战争的影响下，原本蓬勃发展的东亚体育事业遭到重大挫折。考察这段历史，对今天的东亚体育亦有一定的借鉴意义。

The Japanese war of aggression against China was closely linked with the cancellation of the1940 Tokyo Olympic Games. While launching its war of aggression against China, Japan was also bidding for the Olympic Games, with the support from itsWar Department and the the favorable international situation of the time. However, with the further expansion and long-term tendency of the Japanese war of aggression against China, the Olympic Games had lost its instrument value and was then relinquished by Japan. The fate of the 1940 Tokyo Olympic Games was an epitome of the modern East-Asian sports activities. Under the influence of the Japanese war of aggression against China, the original thriving East-Asian sports activities suffered a heavy loss. Studies on this period of history will provide a certain referential value for today’s East-Asian sports activities.