By Syndicated Content
By Elaine Lies
TOKYO (Reuters) â Japan hoped that hosting the 2020 Olympics would reprise the triumph of 1964, when it became the first Asian Olympics host and gained a huge economic boost.
But the coronavirus â which postponed the Games for a year â has muted excitement and potential financial gains.
With the Games due to open in just one month, Japanese society is very different from October 1964, when many people saw the Olympics as their countryâs proud return to the international community after its crushing World War Two defeat less than 20 years earlier.
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In 1964, Japanese families were big and busy; nearly half of all households had at least four members and roughly a quarter had six or more. Men lived 67.7 years on average, women 72.9, and one in four people were 15 or younger. Only a scant handful were over 65.
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