As soon as Tokyo was chosen as the site of the 2020 Olympics, I began thinking about its predecessor, the historic 1964 Games. Though I was just starting kindergarten, I remember them vividly, and even then I understood that they were a momentous event. Japan had much at stake in hosting the Olympics, not only because it was the first Asian country to d…
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