Tokyo 1964: Designing Tomorrow brings together an array of artefacts from the 1964 Games, as a way of exploring their creative and technological legacy, as well as the event’s impact on ideas around ...

The economic and infrastructure rebuilding of postwar Tokyo was nothing short of a miracle. It culminated with being selected to host the 1964 Olympic Games becoming the first Asian country to win ...

A memorable Olympics as they are held in Asia for the first time with plenty of success for British athletes TOKYO had spent over £2 billion on new facilities and infrastructure for these Olympic ...

The UK team at the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games The Opening Ceremony was held at the Oda Field located within the Olympic village, as nearly 5,000 spectators looked on. The ...

The Olympic flame reaches the end of its journey on October 10, 1964. Thailand’s team ended the Games without any medals, but he says that didn’t matter. “Sport is not about winning or losing.

A powerful typhoon closed in on Hong Kong as it hosted the torch relay for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Runners battled strong winds as the event fostered enthusiasm and support for the then-colony ...

Japan hoped that holding the 2020 Olympics would reprise the triumph ... Japanese society is very different from October 1964, when many people saw the Tokyo Games as their country’s proud ...

The economic and infrastructure rebuilding of postwar Tokyo was nothing short of a miracle. It culminated with being selected to host the 1964 Olympic Games becoming the first Asian country to win ...

Following the success of the Rome 1960 Paralympic Games, Sir Ludwig Guttmann wanted to again stage the 1964 Stoke Mandeville Games in the same venue as the Olympic Games. The 1964 Games were due ...