Brian Bridges is an honorary professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the Education University of Hong Kong and an affiliate fellow of the Centre for Asian Pacific Studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. His interests lie in the diplomatic history and international relations of the Asia-Pacific region, with a particular focus in recent years on the sport-politics nexus. Over the years he has visited Olympic stadiums in Beijing and Seoul, and the old one in Tokyo, but is not sure when he can visit the new Tokyo stadium.