Special Contributions
KANEMITSU, Chihiro
The Professional Baseball in Japan : Its Foreseeable Future

PARK, Jin Kyung
Sport Industry and Korean Economy: Trends and Prospects

MAGUIRE, Joseph
Sportization and Globalization: A Process-sociological Perspective

Articles KUSAKA, Yukoh
A Study on Elder Peoples’ “Raison de Vivre” and “Natural Play” Cases of Hiking/Wandervogel Participants

CHIBA, Naoki EBIHARA, Osamu
Secret Messages from Operationalized Naturalization of Top Athletes in Japan

Research Notes—
NOGAMI, Makoto
The Leadership Functions and Morale at Intercollegiate Athletic Team

Book Review
WATANABE, Jun
SHIMIZU, Satosi: An Archaeology of Koshien Baseball

KOTANI, Kanji
MATSUMURA, Kazunori (ed.): Development of Mountain Villages and Environmental Health

YAMASHITA, Takayuki
GRUNEAU, Richard (Tr. by OKADA, TADANO and KIKU): Class, Sports and Social Development

KURODA, Isamu
SAKAUE, Yasuhiro: State and Sports in Inter-war Japan

KOBAYASHI, Hideo
Japan Society of Sport Sociology (ed.): Sport in the Contemporary Change of Societies