For Tokyo, 1964 was definitely one of the biggest years.
In October, Japan's volleyball team, dubbed the "Oriental Witches," won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, heating up Japanese spirits. Shinkansen bullet trains began operating that same month.
A month earlier, Tokyo hosted the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the first time.
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