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 ...

Tokyo 1964: Designing Tomorrow brings together an array of artefacts from the 1964 Games, as a way of exploring their creative and technological legacy, as well as the event’s impact on ideas around ...

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 ...

The 1964 Tokyo Olympics were the first to hold a torch relay in Asia, taking in 11 cities. Passing through war-torn Asia Kuno Akiko was an interpreter for the Japanese team that orchestrated the ...

The economic and infrastructure rebuilding of postwar Tokyo was nothing short of a miracle. It culminated with being selected to host the 1964 Olympic Games becoming the first Asian country to win ...

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 ...

The UK team at the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games The Opening Ceremony was held at the Oda Field located within the Olympic village, as nearly 5,000 spectators looked on. The ...

Volleyball's international governing body (Federation Internationale de Volleyball) was founded in Paris in 1947, and less than two decades later, the sport was added to the Olympic program for the ...

Tetsuo Kiyama, 70, the owner of a cheap lodging house, grew up in Sanya and vividly remembers the day the 1964 Tokyo Olympics’ torch relay passed through the densely settled neighborhood.

The economic and infrastructure rebuilding of postwar Tokyo was nothing short of a miracle. It culminated with being selected to host the 1964 Olympic Games becoming the first Asian country to win ...