Even as this year’s Olympics draw nearer, the Tokyo Games of 1964 remain a not-so-distant memory for the city’s residents. From the iconic bullet train to the snaking Metropolitan Expressway and the ...

TOKYO — The last time Tokyo hosted the Summer Games in 1964, some 75,000 people roared with applause to welcome athletes and fans from around the world at the Opening Ceremonies. Parents yanked their ...

Yoshinori Sakai, the young man who lit the Olympic cauldron at the 1964 opening ceremonies in Tokyo, was born in Hiroshima on the day that the atomic bomb was dropped there. It was the host city’s ...

TOKYO (AP) — Just 19 years after devastating defeat in World War II, the 1964 Tokyo Olympics showcased the reemergence of an innovative country that was showing off bullet trains, miniature transistor ...

Like many Hollywood blockbusters delayed by the pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics open this week with the expectation of greatly diminished returns. Here’s everything you need to know about the Tokyo ...

Take a look back at the Olympic Games 57 years ago, ahead of the 2021 games that are set to begin today The city and its residents are seen preparing for the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. Several Olympic ...

Don't be caught empty-headed when talk turns to the music of the London Games. In case you've been hiding under a rock, a friendly little assortment of international games called the Olympics begins ...

TOKYO, Japan — It hasn’t been an easy road hosting the 2020 delayed Summer Olympics and it’s not the first time Japan has been a host country to the summer games. Japan last held the games in 1964.

Tokyo — Blogger and author Roy Tomizawa hails from Queens, N.Y., but his spiritual home is the Komazawa Olympic Park in western Tokyo. It is the site of a remarkable chapter in Japanese history: The ...