Olympic History In Japan

History of Japan's Bids for the Olympics

On 30 August, 2006, the committee for selecting Japan's candidate city for the 31st Olympic Games (2016) selected Tokyo. Japan has campaigned to host the Olympics on numerous occasions and has succeeded in hosting three Olympic Games.>>

The Olympic Movement and Kano Jigoro

Twenty-eight years before Japan first staged the Olympic Games in 1964, Tokyo had already succeeded in a bid to host the Olympics. These were the 1940 Tokyo Olympics that later came to be known as the "Tokyo Olympics that never were." >>

TOKYO 1964 Games of the XVIII Olympiad

The Games of the 18th Olympiad, the first Olympics to be held in Asia, were staged in Tokyo over 15 days from 10 to 24 October, 1964. >>

SAPPORO 1972 XI Olympic Winter Games

The 11th Olympic Winter Games were held over 11 days from 3 to 13 February, 1972, in the city of Sapporo in Hokkaido. >>

NAGANO 1998 XVIII Olympic Winter Games

The 18th Olympic Winter Games, which were held over 16 days from 7 to 22 February, 1998, were the second Winter Olympics to be held in Japan, 26 years after the Sapporo Olympics of 1972. >>