Dr. Nancy Snow is Pax Mundi (World Peace) Professor of Public Diplomacy at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies.
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Tokyo has overplayed its cultural exceptionalism hand from the start
Illuminated Olympic rings, pictured in Yokohama on July 9: Japan chose the homegrown approach. © Sipa/AP
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