Legendary gymnast Ono at Tokyo Olympics 50th anniv. event

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.

50th anniv. of 1964 Tokyo Olympics

50th anniv. of 1964 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese athletes marching during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics at the National Stadium in the Japanese capital on Oct. 10, 1964.

50th anniv. of 1964 Tokyo Olympics

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.

50th anniv. of 1964 Tokyo Olympics

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.

50th anniv. of 1964 Tokyo Olympics

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.

Abe meets son of marathon legend Abebe

Abe meets son of marathon legend Abebe

TOKYO, Japan - Yetnayet Abebe (L), son of Ethiopian marathon legend Abebe Bikila (1932-1973), hands a photograph of his father to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2014, the 50th anniversary of the opening ceremony of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Abebe Bikila won gold medals at the 1960 Rome and 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron removed

1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron removed

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on the Oct. 10, 1964, shows the final torch bearer Yoshinori Sakai after lighting the Olympic Torch during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony at the National Stadium in Tokyo. The Olympic cauldron, a symbol of Japan's postwar reconstruction, will be transferred to the March 2011 disaster-hit city of Ishinomaki as the stadium will be demolished prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Sakai passed away in September at the age of 69.

1964 Tokyo Olympics

1964 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshinori Sakai, the final runner in the torch relay, lights the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on Oct. 10, 1964.