East Asian Games (Japan)

Not to be confused with East Asian Games.

The East Asian Games (Japanese: 東亜競技大会, Tōa Kyōgi Taikai), also known as the Asian Development Games (Japanese: 興亜競技大会, Kōa Kyōgi Taikai) were multi-sport events organized by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAA). The games were meant to be a replacement to the cancelled 1938 Far Eastern Championship Games and 1940 Summer Olympics originally to be hosted by Japan, and also served as a propaganda tool for Japan.[1][2][3][4]

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  2. ^ Omiya, Takashi (2020-07-24). "1940年、日本は「アジアだけの五輪」を行った... 歴史の闇に消えた「東亜競技大会」の栄光" [In 1940, Japan held "the Olympics only for Asia"... The Glory of the "East Asian Games" Lost in the Darkness of History]. J-CAST.
  3. ^ Collins, Sandra (2014). 1940 TOKYO GAMES - COLLINS: Japan, the Asian Olympics and the Olympic Movement. Routledge. pp. 179–180. ISBN 978-1317999669.
  4. ^ "日本のスポーツの歴史" [History of Japanese Sports]. Japan Sport Council.