It culminated with being selected to host the 1964 Olympic Games becoming the first Asian country to win the rights to the prestigious sporting event. Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content ...

A memorable Olympics as they are held in Asia for the first time with plenty of success for British athletes TOKYO had spent over £2 billion on new facilities and infrastructure for these Olympic ...

Even with the Olympics, only 270,000 foreigners visited Japan in 1964. In 2019, there were some 31.9 million foreign visitors, their spending a major economic pillar.

30, 1964, in Tokyo for the 1964 Summer Olympic Games, the first Olympics to be held in Asia. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ historic coverage? Subscribe to Stars and Stripes’ historic ...

He recently published a book about Japan's first Olympics in Tokyo in 1964, and he hopes to be in Fukushima for the start of the torch relay next March. On October 10, 1964, I was just one year ...

A powerful typhoon closed in on Hong Kong as it hosted the torch relay for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Runners battled strong winds as the event fostered enthusiasm and support for the then-colony ...

“Tokyo 1964: The Olympics Begin,” read the banner above Sakai’s photo. Along with Rome in 1960, Tokyo was probably the first modern Olympics. It was the first to be shown internationally ...

It marked the second time that Tokyo had been awarded the Olympic Games, having previously hosted the event in 1964. Though some events will be held elsewhere in Japan, the majority of the Olympic ...

It culminated with being selected to host the 1964 Olympic Games becoming the first Asian country to win the rights to the prestigious sporting event. Fact or Fiction? The Legend of the QWERTY ...