TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan hoped that holding the 2020 Olympics would reprise the triumph of 1964, when it became the first Asian host of the Games and gained a huge economic boost, but the coronavirus ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - In October 1964, Japan became the first Asian nation to host an Olympics, showing off its growing technical prowess and returning to global society not 20 years after a crushing ...
Tokyo, Sept. 30, 1964: Ralph Boston, holder of the world long jump record at 27 feet, 4¼ inches. Boston was one of the 159 U.S. athletes and officials first to arrive Sept. 30, 1964, in Tokyo for the ...