2019 年 26 巻 1 号 p. 26-27
The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games are approaching. The Japanese language educational world is also focusing on the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, but the subsequent international events will also be important. For example, Osaka World Expo 2025, which has a six-month session period, World Masters Games 2021 Kansai and 2026 Asian Games (Aichi), where participants are expected to be 2.5 times as many as the Olympics, the Tokyo Marathon with approximately 6,000 foreign participants, etc. Taking into consideration the events after the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, I will think over Japanese language and Japanese language education with relation to the future international events with focus on sports.