Still, bookstore owner Yoshiyuki Morioka was determined to compile the photos into a book titled "Ginza Tokyo 1964," which was initially meant to coincide with the Tokyo Olympics this year ...

30, 1964, in Tokyo for the 1964 Summer Olympic Games, the first Olympics to be held in Asia. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ historic coverage? Subscribe to Stars and Stripes’ historic ...

Even with the Olympics, only 270,000 foreigners visited Japan in 1964. In 2019, there were some 31.9 million foreign visitors, their spending a major economic pillar.