75 YEARS AGO
Sunday, Aug. 2, 1936
All Japan is rejoicing today over the decision of the International Olympic Committee to award the 12th Olympic Games to the city of Tokyo. The vote was held in Berlin, where the 11th Olympic Games have just started.
Japan's winning of the right to host the 1940 games is the realization of a dream that had its inception six years ago, when the then Mayor of Tokyo, Hidejiro Nagata, launched the official drive to this end.
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