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50th anniversary of 1964 Tokyo Olympics celebrated

TOKYO, Japan - Participants numbering 1,964 pose during an event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games at Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium in the Japanese capital on Oct. 11, 2014.

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1964 Olympic medalist lights cauldron at anniversary event

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoko Ono, a bronze medalist in the women's gymnastics team competition at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, lights the cauldron during an event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Summer Games in Tokyo's Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium on Oct. 11, 2014.

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Legendary gymnast Ono at Tokyo Olympics 50th anniv. event

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Ono, a legendary Japanese gymnast, attends an event at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 10, 2014, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Japan's capital.

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50th anniv. of 1964 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Vera Caslavska, a former Czech gymnast, attends a party at a Tokyo hotel to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics on Oct. 10, 2014. Caslavska, 72, won three gold medals at the 1964 Games.

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50th anniv. of 1964 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - A skyscraper in Tokyo's Higashishimbashi district is illuminated to show a message celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics on Oct. 10, 2014. The opening ceremony of the 1964 Games was held on Oct. 10.

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50th anniv. of 1964 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - A party is held at a Tokyo hotel to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics on Oct. 10, 2014. The opening ceremony of the 1964 Games was held on Oct. 10.

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Kimihara, Hayata discuss memories of 1964 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Takuji Hayata (L), a gold medalist in gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, and marathoner Kenji Kimihara (C), who won silver at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, discuss their memories of the sporting events during a talk show on Oct. 7, 2014, held in Tokyo to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Tokyo Olympics.

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Event marking 50th anniv. of 1964 Tokyo Olympics starts

TOKYO, Japan - Current and retired athletes pose on the opening day of a weeklong event in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2014, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in the Japanese capital. From L: 2010 London Olympics middleweight boxing gold medalist Ryota Murata, Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda, artistic gymnastics legend Takashi Ono and 1992 Barcelona Paralympics swimming silver medalist Junichi Kawai.

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Event marking 50th anniv. of 1964 Tokyo Olympics starts

TOKYO, Japan - People gather for the opening in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2014, of a weeklong event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games held in the Japanese capital.

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Event marking 50th anniv. of 1964 Tokyo Olympics starts

TOKYO, Japan - A weeklong event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games begins in the Japanese capital on Oct. 6, 2014, exhibiting jackets, medals and other related items used in the Games.

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1964 Tokyo Olympics scene in Kyodo News 'Chronicle' series

TOKYO, Japan - Kokichi Tsuburaya of Japan is about to be overtaken by Basil Heatly of Britain shortly before the finish line of the marathon in the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, where they won the bronze and silver medals, respectively. This photo, taken on Oct. 21, is included in "The Chronicle," a 14-volume series of news photos which will be published by Kyodo News to trace Japan's 70-year postwar history.

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Ex-Olympic gold medalist Miyake at weightlifting masters championship

AKASHI, Japan - Yoshinobu Miyake, weightlifting gold medalist at the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Games, competes at the Japan Masters Championship for the first time at the age of 74 on Aug. 15, 2014, in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture.

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People bid farewell to Tokyo's National Stadium

TOKYO, Japan - The Olympic cauldron at Tokyo's National Stadium blazes after being lit by Saori Yoshida, a three-time Olympic women's wrestling champion at 55 kilograms, during a farewell event on May 31, 2014. The stadium, the centerpiece of the 1964 Summer Olympic Games, is to be demolished to make way for the main venue for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. Demolition is to start in July and the new National Stadium is to be completed by March 2016.

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People bid farewell to Tokyo's National Stadium

TOKYO, Japan - Saori Yoshida, a three-time Olympic women's wrestling champion at 55 kilograms, waves to the crowd after lighting the Olympic cauldron at Tokyo's National Stadium during a farewell event on May 31, 2014. The stadium, the centerpiece of the 1964 Summer Olympic Games, is to be demolished to make way for the main venue for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. Demolition is to start in July and the new National Stadium is to be completed by March 2016.

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People bid farewell to Tokyo's National Stadium

TOKYO, Japan - Jet planes of the Blue Impulse, the precision flying demonstration team of Japan's Air-Self Defense Force, fly over Tokyo's National Stadium on May 31, 2014, during a farewell event. The stadium, the centerpiece of the 1964 Summer Olympic Games, is to be demolished to make way for the main venue for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. The demolition work will begin in July and the new National Stadium is to be completed by March 2016.

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People bid farewell to Tokyo's National Stadium

TOKYO, Japan - People pack Tokyo's National Stadium, the centerpiece of the 1964 Summer Olympic Games, for a farewell event on May 31, 2014. The stadium is to be demolished to make way for the main venue for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. The demolition work will begin in July and the new National Stadium is to be completed by March 2016.

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Farewell event at Tokyo's National Stadium

TOKYO, Japan - Runners take part in a farewell event at Tokyo's National Stadium in Japan on May 31, 2014, as the 56-year-old stadium, the centerpiece of the 1964 Summer Olympic Games, is set to be demolished to make way for the main venue for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.

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People bid farewell to Tokyo's National Stadium

TOKYO, Japan - People form the five-ring Olympic emblem on the field of Tokyo's National Stadium on May 31, 2014, during a farewell event. The stadium, the centerpiece of the 1964 Summer Olympic Games, is to be demolished to make way for the main venue for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. The demolition work will begin in July and the new National Stadium is to be completed by March 2016.

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Final event at Tokyo's National Stadium

TOKYO, Japan - People pack Tokyo's National Stadium, the centerpiece of the 1964 Summer Olympic Games, to attend the "Japan Night" music concert on May 28, 2014, the first day of a two-day final event before the stadium is demolished to make way for the main venue for the 2020 Olympics. The work to demolish the stadium will begin in July and the new National Stadium will be completed in March 2016.

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Final event at Tokyo's National Stadium

TOKYO, Japan - People pack Tokyo's National Stadium, the centerpiece of the 1964 Summer Olympic Games, to attend the "Japan Night" music concert on May 28, 2014, the first day of a two-day final event before the stadium is demolished to make way for the main venue for the 2020 Olympics. The work to demolish the stadium will begin in July and the new National Stadium will be completed in March 2016.

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Tokaido Shinkansen to mark 50th anniversary in October

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo dated Oct. 1, 1964 shows a departing ceremony of a Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train held at Tokyo Station. The Tokaido Shinkansen Line began operating to coincide with Tokyo's hosting of the Summer Olympic Games.

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Japanese prime minister in Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) holds a picture panel of the late Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila, who won his second consecutive Olympic gold medal in the men's marathon at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games, with Abebe's second son (L) in Addis Ababa on Jan. 13, 2014.

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Okinawans see 2020 Tokyo Olympics with mixed feelings

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 6, 2013 shows Isamu Miyagi, the first torch bearer for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, standing with the torch and his uniform at the time at an athletic field in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, where a welcoming ceremony was held.

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Cook from 1964 Olympics looking forward to 2020 games

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Isamu Suzuki speaks about his experiences cooking for athletes at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics during an interview on Sept. 30, 2013 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a flame lit in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics cauldron in celebration at the National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2013, after the Japanese capital was picked as the host city of the 2020 Olympic Games, beating rivals Istanbul and Madrid.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

TOKYO, Japan - A flame is lit in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics cauldron in celebration at the National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2013, after the Japanese capital was picked as the host city of the 2020 Olympic Games, beating rivals Istanbul and Madrid.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

TOKYO, Japan - A flame is lit in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics cauldron in celebration at the National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2013, after the Japanese capital was picked as the host city of the 2020 Olympic Games, beating rivals Istanbul and Madrid.

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Equestrian rider Hoketsu to become oldest Japanese Olympian

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of equestrian rider Hiroshi Hoketsu, who at the age of 66 is set to become the oldest athlete in Japanese Olympic history as Japan secured a spot in the team dressage event at the Beijing Olympics this summer. Hoketsu, who turns 67 in March, will make his first Olympic appearance since the 1964 Tokyo Games.

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Ex-Olympic swimmer, TV personality Michiko Kihara dies at 59

TOKYO, Japan - Michiko Kihara (file photo), who swam for Japan at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and became a popular television personality, died of a subarachnoid hemorrhage at a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture on Oct. 18. Kihara assumed the post of director of the Japan Swimming Federation in 2005, coached swimming and contributed to the promotion of masters swimming.

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Heart' the key for Tokyo's Olympic bid: IOC chief Rogge

TOKYO, Japan - International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge pose for a photo during his visit to Kyodo News on Oct. 20. Rogge said that winning the heart of the selectors is the key factor in Tokyo's planned bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games. ''It is to win the heart of the people, not the mind of the people,'' Rogge said when asked about chances of the Japanese capital staging an Olympics for the second time and first since 1964.

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Kenzo Tange, noted Japanese architect, dies of heart failure

TOKYO, Japan - Internationally acclaimed Japanese architect Kenzo Tange (in file photo pictured in 1989) died of heart failure at his home in Tokyo early March 22, his family said. He was 91. His works include the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, the National Gymnasium Complex for the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, the master plan for the 1970 Osaka Exposition, the Tokyo City Hall Complex and the Fuji Television Building in Tokyo's Odaiba waterfront area.

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Drama-filled Haneda Tokyu Hotel closes after 40 years

TOKYO, Japan - The Haneda Tokyu Hotel, close to Tokyo's Haneda airport and the scene of many historic events, shut down on Sept. 30 after operating for four decades. After it opened in August 1964, just before the Tokyo Olympics Games, the hotel witnessed the rapid transformation of the Japanese air travel industry.

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Hayato Ikeda

Born on Dec. 3, 1899 in Hiroshima Prefecture and deceased on Aug. 13, 1965. Ikeda, a bureaucrat-turned politician, served as prime minister from July 1960 to November 1964 and laid the basis for Japan's rapid postwar economic growth. During his tenure, Japan became a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in 1964 and staged the Olympic Games in Tokyo the same year. (Photo was taken on Dec. 21, 1963)

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(1)Honda 4th in men's figure skating

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Takeshi Honda jumps during his performance in the men's figure skating event of the 2002 Winter Olympics at the Salt Lake Ice Center on Feb. 14. Honda came in 4th, earning Japan's highest finish ever in men's figure skating, surpassing the eighth-place performances of Nobuo Sato at the 1964 Innsbruck (Austria) Games and Mitsuru Matsumura in Lake Placid (the U.S.) in 1980.

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Olympics Tokyo Marks 3years Before Start To 2020 Tokyo Games.

Tokyo, Japan, - July 24: Tokyo, which last hosted the games in 1964, kicked off the Three-year countdown with a lights and music show at the metropolitan government building, where the nationwide tour of the Olympic and Paralympic flags was officially launched with Olympians and Paralympians past and present named as ambassadors.Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said the Tokyo Games are still about aid and recovery, pointing to the intense rainstorms and flooding this summer that have forced households to evacuate in areas like Tohoku in northeastern Japan and Kyushu in the southwest."We're only three years away now from the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics," Koike said. "The Tokyo Games is an Olympics about recovery. It's ironic that we are facing more disasters ahead of an　Olympics like Tokyo's, but we want to make these games a success and aid in the relief of the disaster areas."

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Drama-filled Haneda Tokyu Hotel closes after 40 years

TOKYO, Japan - The Haneda Tokyu Hotel, close to Tokyo's Haneda airport and the scene of many historic events, shut down on Sept. 30 after operating for four decades. After it opened in August 1964, just before the Tokyo Olympics Games, the hotel witnessed the rapid transformation of the Japanese air travel industry. (Kyodo)

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Kenzo Tange, noted Japanese architect, dies of heart failure

TOKYO, Japan - Internationally acclaimed Japanese architect Kenzo Tange (in file photo pictured in 1989) died of heart failure at his home in Tokyo early March 22, his family said. He was 91. His works include the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, the National Gymnasium Complex for the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, the master plan for the 1970 Osaka Exposition, the Tokyo City Hall Complex and the Fuji Television Building in Tokyo's Odaiba waterfront area. (Kyodo)

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Heart' the key for Tokyo's Olympic bid: IOC chief Rogge

TOKYO, Japan - International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge pose for a photo during his visit to Kyodo News on Oct. 20. Rogge said that winning the heart of the selectors is the key factor in Tokyo's planned bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games. ''It is to win the heart of the people, not the mind of the people,'' Rogge said when asked about chances of the Japanese capital staging an Olympics for the second time and first since 1964. (Kyodo)

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Equestrian rider Hoketsu to become oldest Japanese Olympian

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of equestrian rider Hiroshi Hoketsu, who at the age of 66 is set to become the oldest athlete in Japanese Olympic history as Japan secured a spot in the team dressage event at the Beijing Olympics this summer. Hoketsu, who turns 67 in March, will make his first Olympic appearance since the 1964 Tokyo Games. (Kyodo)

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TOKYO'S PARALYMPIC GAMES

TOKYO'S PARALYMPIC GAMES==Date:Nov, 1964, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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History in 1964

Yellow blood the Niigata earthquake the stamp boom the marriage of Prince Yoshimiya the Olympic Games and the recessionary wind that blew around. <Caption> Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda blood sales Niigata earthquake tilted houses and buildings stamp boom young people dancing at a disco wedding of Prince Yoshi Hanako Tsugaru Olympics Tokaido Shinkansen opens torch opening ceremony at a Greek temple weightlifting Miyake Wrestling: Rapid Progress 100-meter run Marathon: Abebe Men's gymnastics Judo Recession Bankruptcy of small and medium-sized companies Prime Minister Eisaku Sato *Filming date unknown Release date: 1964

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Olympic Month, October

The opening of the Shinkansen. Rehearsals for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games. The opening of the Tokaido Shinkansen Tokyo - Osaka Super Express Hikari 1. Scenes inside the train. Torchbearers arrive in Nagoya Shizuoka Hamamatsu and Tokyo. Rehearsal 70 000 mock spectators. Yoshinori Sakai torchbearer *Filming date unknown release date: October 9 1964

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National_Stadium-Yoyogi-Tokyo_Olympic

National Stadium-Yoyogi: Swimming arena in the Yoyogi National Stadium , which was the site of the for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. (October 17, 1964)

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Kasumigaoka National Stadium complex, which was the site of the opening and closing ceremonies for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. ( At the Tokyo Olympic Opening Ceremony, October 10, 1964 )

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Olympic cauldron used in 1964 Tokyo Games placed in northern Japan park

An Olympic cauldron used in the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, relocated from the dismantled National Stadium in the Japanese capital, sits on June 18, 2015, at the General Athletic Park near a temporary housing complex in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, for refugees from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that devastated the northeastern region of Tohoku. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic cauldron used in 1964 Tokyo Games moved to northern Japan

An Olympic cauldron used in the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, relocated from the dismantled National Stadium in the Japanese capital, is seen in place at the General Athletic Park in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 18, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic cauldron used in 1964 Tokyo Games relocated to northern Japan

Workers install an Olympic cauldron used in the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, relocated from the dismantled National Stadium in the Japanese capital, at the General Athletic Park in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 18, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Demolition work at National Stadium

Demolition work is in progress on March 5, 2015 at the National Stadium in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, the centerpiece of the 1964 Olympic Games and often referred to as a "holy ground" in the Japanese sport world. The stadium will be completely demolished by September and construction on a new facility for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is to begin in October, according to details published the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Demolition work at National Stadium

Demolition work is in progress on March 5, 2015 at the National Stadium in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, the centerpiece of the 1964 Olympic Games and often referred to as a "holy ground" in the Japanese sport world. The stadium will be completely demolished by September and construction on a new facility for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is to begin in October, according to details published the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Demolition work at National Stadium

Demolition work is in progress on March 5, 2015 at the National Stadium in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, the centerpiece of the 1964 Olympic Games and often referred to as a "holy ground" in the Japanese sport world. The stadium will be completely demolished by September and construction on a new facility for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is to begin in October, according to details published the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo