Did you know?: Olympic Games and Japan

(Illustration by Yukiyo Oda/Stripes Okinawa)

Japan has hosted the Olympics four times in the history of the games – Tokyo (summer) in 1964, Sapporo (winter) in 1972, Nagano (winter) in 1998. And the 2nd summer games for Tokyo 2020 were held in 2021 after postponing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tokyo was also chosen as the site for the 1940 summer games, but those, along with the 1944 games, never happened because of World War II.

tsu (-ku)/chaku/ki (-ru) [arrive/wear] (Image by Stripes Okinawa)