This year marks the 50th anniversary of table tennis diplomacy, and Japan has also held an event: Japan's friendship competition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of "table tennis diplomacy" was held in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, and more than 160 Chinese and Japanese players exchanged friendly exchanges through table tennis competitions.
Many media outlets covered the event, with much of it focusing on Ai Fukuhara, who was a guest at the kickoff ceremony, carpeting out her every word and deed. This is understandable, who made Ai Fukuhara extremely famous in both China and Japan, and indeed made great contributions to Sino-Japanese friendship.
However, few people have noticed that there is an old man next to Fukuhara Ai, in a sense, who is actually more worthy of a big book, she is the wife of Zhuang Zedong, the third consecutive winner of the men's singles championship in the previous life, Atsuko Sasaki.
Speaking of which, Atsuko Sasaki was born for Sino-Japanese friendship and has practiced Sino-Japanese friendship for a lifetime, and she should never be forgotten. Atsuko Sasaki is an authentic Japanese, but she was born in China for family reasons. Later, after returning to Japan, he and Zhuang Zedong knew and fell in love, and married Zhuang Zedong as he wished, while giving up his Japanese citizenship.
For reasons that are well known, Atsuko Sasaki has suffered less with Sho Zedong in those years, but she has never complained or regretted. It was not until after the tragic death of Sho Zedong that Atsuko Sasaki returned to Japan. The joy and sorrow brought about by the times can be said to run through the life of Zhuang Zedong and his wife, which is really lamentable.