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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Pictograms for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Rio Olympics 4x100 meters relay silver medalist Shota Iizuka (top row, center), two-time world women's karate kata champion Kiyo Shimizu (top row, 5th from L) and children unveil a set of pictograms on March 12, 2019, representing the different sports and competitions at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games. Olympic pictograms were first introduced at the 1964 Tokyo Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pictograms for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Rio Olympics 4x100 meters relay silver medalist Shota Iizuka (top row, center), two-time world women's karate kata champion Kiyo Shimizu (top row, 4th from R) and children unveil a set of pictograms on March 12, 2019, representing the different sports and competitions at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games. Olympic pictograms were first introduced at the 1964 Tokyo Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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National Stadium in Tokyo

Photo taken June 23, 2020, shows the Olympic cauldron for the 1964 Tokyo Games, set up on the premises of the National Stadium -- rebuilt for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics -- for permanent display. The Summer Games have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Exhibition on 1964 Tokyo Olympics

Photo taken Jan. 16, 2020, shows the official uniform worn by the Japanese Olympic delegation during the opening ceremony of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics being on display at a special exhibition featuring the Summer Games, held at the State Guest House Akasaka Palace in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pictograms for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Rio Olympics 4x100 meters relay silver medalist Shota Iizuka (L) and two-time world women's karate kata champion Kiyo Shimizu attend an event held in Tokyo on March 12, 2019, to release 50 pictograms representing the different sports and competitions at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games. Olympic pictograms were first introduced at the 1964 Tokyo Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pictograms for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Rio Olympics 4x100 meters relay silver medalist Shota Iizuka (top row, center), two-time world women's karate kata champion Kiyo Shimizu (top row, 4th from R) and children unveil a set of pictograms on March 12, 2019, representing the different sports and competitions at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games. Olympic pictograms were first introduced at the 1964 Tokyo Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pictograms for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Rio Olympics 4x100 meters relay silver medalist Shota Iizuka (top row, 8th from L), two-time world women's karate kata champion Kiyo Shimizu (top row, 9th from L) and children unveil a set of pictograms on March 12, 2019, representing the different sports and competitions at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games. Olympic pictograms were first introduced at the 1964 Tokyo Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1964 Tokyo Olympics

File photo taken Sept. 9, 1964, shows a specially prepared All Nippon Airways plane used to transport the Olympic flame for the 1964 Summer Games flying above Kagoshima airport in southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1964 Tokyo Olympics

File photo taken Sept. 7, 1964, shows the "City of Tokyo," a specially prepared Japan Airlines plane used to transport the Olympic flame for the 1964 Summer Games, arriving at Naha airport in Okinawa which was at the time still under U.S. occupation. The torch relay for the Tokyo Olympics started in Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1964 Tokyo Olympics

File photo taken in August 1964 shows the interior of the "City of Tokyo," a specially prepared Japan Airlines plane used to transport the Olympic flame for the 1964 Summer Games in the Japanese capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo