Sport in Japan: Karate, Judo, Sumo, Kenjutsu, Kendo, 1964 Summer Olympics, 1998 Winter Olympics, Sport in Japan, Naginata, Ekiden, Puroresu

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Karate, Judo, Sumo, Kenjutsu, Kendo, 1964 Summer Olympics, 1998 Winter Olympics, Sport in Japan, Naginata, Ekiden, Puroresu, Japan Karate Association, 1972 Winter Olympics, Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon, Full Contact Karate, Japan at the Olympics, Shoryuhai, Asia Pacific Football League, Y?sh?, Takagari, Dublin Kendo Kobukai, Australian Rules Football in Japan, Ky?tei, Cherryball, Banzuke, ?endan, T?gy?, Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize, Heya, Japan at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games, Kemari, Kashima Gatalympics, Soft Tennis, Afl Japan, Birdman Rally, Gateball, Sh?rinji-Ry?, Japanese Olympic Committee, Japan National Amateur Boxing Athletes, Imari Ton-Ten-Ton Festival, Japan at the 2008 Asian Beach Games, Japan at the 2010 Asian Games. Excerpt: The 1964 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad , was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo , Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan’s invasion of China , before ultimately being canceled because of World War II . The 1964 Summer Games were the first Olympics held in Asia, and the first time South Africa was barred from taking part due to its apartheid system in sports. (South Africa was, however, allowed to compete at the 1964 Summer Paralympics, also held in Tokyo, where it made its Paralympic Games début . ) These games were also the first to be telecast internationally. The games were telecast to the United States using Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, and from there to Europe using Relay 1 .Selection Tokyo won the rights to the Games on May 26, 1959, at the 55th IOC Session in Munich , West Germany , over bids from Detroit , Brussels and Vienna .Her…

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