Tokyo 2020 Olympic Eve

Tokyo 1964 Olympic games offered hope and international surprises to Japanese people. It also boosted economic growth with constructions and tourism. These are no longer the case under the coronavirus pandemic.

Shinkansen platform, Tokyo in 1976. Source: Kaku KURITA/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

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