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FILE - In this July 23, 2021, file photo, fireworks illuminate over the National Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Yoyogi National Stadium was the architectural jewel of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. It's being used again for the current Tokyo Olympics and remains one of the most important buildings of the 20th century. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)
The jewel of the 1964 Olympics: The Yoyogi National Stadium

By Stephen Wade Jul. 25, 2021 04:25 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 1964, file photo, vapor trails from Japanese Self-Defense Force jets from the Olympic emblem of five rings above the National Stadium in Tokyo for the official opening of the XVIII Olympiad, first even held in Asia. The famous 1964 Tokyo Olympics highlighted Japan’s resiliency. It was a prospering country that was showing off bullet trains, transistor radios, and a restored reputation just 19 years after devastating defeat in World War II. Now Japan and Tokyo are on display again, attempting to stage the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the midst of a once-in-a century pandemic. (AP Photo, File)
Looking at Tokyo Olympics through the lens of the 1964 Games

By Stephen Wade Jul. 22, 2021 09:18 PM EDT